This issue has been resolved by removing dataDir property from solrconfig.xml
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Sergei Goorov <goo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When solr core is being created (in my case from solrj lib) the parameter
> dataDir is ignored, the value from solrconfig.xml is used instead it.
> Under debugger I find strange place in org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer
> (solr version 1.4):
>
> public SolrCore create(CoreDescriptor dcore) throws
> ParserConfigurationException, IOException, SAXException {
> ...
> // my comment: here second parameter (which is null) is dataDir but dcore
> has true dataDir value
> SolrCore core = new SolrCore(dcore.getName(), null, config, schema,
> dcore);
> return core;
> }
>
> why dataDir is null in this SolrCore construction?
> Or there is another place where dataDir should be properly set, this is in
> SolrCore constructor:
>
> public SolrCore(String name, String dataDir, SolrConfig config, IndexSchema
> schema, CoreDescriptor cd) {
> ...
> if (dataDir == null){
> dataDir = config.getDataDir();
> if(dataDir == null) dataDir = cd.getDataDir();
> }
>
> dataDir = SolrResourceLoader.normalizeDir(dataDir);
> ...
> }
>
> My opinion is when core is creating dataDir should be firstly set from
> CoreDescriptor parameter and only if its dataDir is null then retrieve
> dataDir from global solr config file.
> Is this bug or I insufficiently understand core creating behavior?
>
> Many thanks,
> Sergei
