Ok, I created SOLR-5278. Thanks again! Scott
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:hossman_luc...@fucit.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:15 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: RE: Problem loading my codec sometimes > > > : Ah, I fixed it. I wasn't properly including the > : org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec file in my jar. I wasn't sure if it > was > : necessary in Solr, since I specify my factory in solrconfig.xml. I > : think that's why I could create a new index, but not load an existing > : one. > > Ah.... interesting. > > yes, you definitely need the SPI registration in the jar file so that > it > can resolve codec files found on disk when opening them -- the > configuration in solrconfig.xml tells solr hch codec to use when > writing > new segments, but it must respect the codec information in segements > found > on disk when opening them (that's how the index backcompat works), and > those are looked up via SPI. > > Can you do me a favor please and still file an issue with these > details. > the attachments i asked about before would still be handy, but probably > not neccessary -- at a minimum could you show us the "jar tf" output of > your plugin jar when you were having the problem. > > Even if the codec factory code can find the configured codec on > startup, > we should probably throw a very load error write away if that same > codec > can't be found by name using SPI to prevent people from running into > confusing problems when making mistakes like this. > > > > -Hoss
