: But, To make it better, I would like to load this file only once and in the : init() method of handler class. I am not sure how to get the access of : SolrCore in the init method.
you can't access the SolrCore during hte init() method, because at the time it's called the SolrCore itself is not yet fully initialized. what you can do is implement the SolrCoreAware interface, and then you will be garunteed that *after* your init method is called, and before you are ever asked to handle any requests, your inform(SolrCore) method will be called... -Hoss http://www.lucidworks.com/
