jk-ferret 0.11.8.2

data/lib/ferret/index.rb

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+require 'monitor'
+
+module Ferret::Index
+  # This is a simplified interface to the index. See the TUTORIAL for more
+  # information on how to use this class.
+  class Index
+    include MonitorMixin
+
+    include Ferret::Store
+    include Ferret::Search
+
+    attr_reader :options
+
+    # If you create an Index without any options, it'll simply create an index
+    # in memory. But this class is highly configurable and every option that
+    # you can supply to IndexWriter and QueryParser, you can also set here.
+    # Please look at the options for the constructors to these classes.
+    #
+    # === Options
+    #
+    # See;
+    #
+    # * QueryParser
+    # * IndexWriter
+    #
+    # default_input_field::   Default: "id". This specifies the default field
+    #                         that will be used when you add a simple string
+    #                         to the index using #add_document or <<.
+    # id_field::              Default: "id". This field is as the field to
+    #                         search when doing searches on a term. For
+    #                         example, if you do a lookup by term "cat", ie
+    #                         index["cat"], this will be the field that is
+    #                         searched.
+    # key::                   Default: nil. Expert: This should only be used
+    #                         if you really know what you are doing. Basically
+    #                         you can set a field or an array of fields to be
+    #                         the key for the index. So if you add a document
+    #                         with a same key as an existing document, the
+    #                         existing document will be replaced by the new
+    #                         object.  Using a multiple field key will slow
+    #                         down indexing so it should not be done if
+    #                         performance is a concern. A single field key (or
+    #                         id) should be find however. Also, you must make
+    #                         sure that your key/keys are either untokenized
+    #                         or that they are not broken up by the analyzer.
+    # auto_flush::            Default: false. Set this option to true if you
+    #                         want the index automatically flushed every time
+    #                         you do a write (includes delete) to the index.
+    #                         This is useful if you have multiple processes
+    #                         accessing the index and you don't want lock
+    #                         errors. Setting :auto_flush to true has a huge
+    #                         performance impact so don't use it if you are
+    #                         concerned about performance. In that case you
+    #                         should think about setting up a DRb indexing
+    #                         service.
+    # lock_retry_time::       Default: 2 seconds. This parameter specifies how
+    #                         long to wait before retrying to obtain the
+    #                         commit lock when detecting if the IndexReader is
+    #                         at the latest version.
+    # close_dir::             Default: false.  If you explicitly pass a
+    #                         Directory object to this class and you want
+    #                         Index to close it when it is closed itself then
+    #                         set this to true.
+    # use_typed_range_query:: Default: true. Use TypedRangeQuery instead of
+    #                         the standard RangeQuery when parsing
+    #                         range queries. This is useful if you have number
+    #                         fields which you want to perform range queries
+    #                         on. You won't need to pad or normalize the data
+    #                         in the field in anyway to get correct results.
+    #                         However, performance will be a lot slower for
+    #                         large indexes, hence the default.
+    #
+    # == Examples
+    #
+    #   index = Index::Index.new(:analyzer => WhiteSpaceAnalyzer.new())
+    #
+    #   index = Index::Index.new(:path => '/path/to/index',
+    #                            :create_if_missing => false,
+    #                            :auto_flush => true)
+    #
+    #   index = Index::Index.new(:dir => directory,
+    #                            :default_slop => 2,
+    #                            :handle_parse_errors => false)
+    #
+    # You can also pass a block if you like. The index will be yielded and
+    # closed at the index of the box. For example;
+    #
+    #   Ferret::I.new() do |index|
+    #     # do stuff with index. Most of your actions will be cached.
+    #   end
+    def initialize(options = {}, &block)
+      super()
+
+      if options[:key]
+        @key = options[:key]
+        if @key.is_a?(Array)
+          @key.flatten.map {|k| k.to_s.intern}
+        end
+      else
+        @key = nil
+      end
+
+      if (fi = options[:field_infos]).is_a?(String)
+        options[:field_infos] = FieldInfos.load(fi)
+      end
+
+      @close_dir = options[:close_dir]
+      if options[:dir].is_a?(String)
+        options[:path] = options[:dir]
+      end
+      if options[:path]
+        @close_dir = true
+        begin
+          @dir = FSDirectory.new(options[:path], options[:create])
+        rescue IOError => io
+          @dir = FSDirectory.new(options[:path],
+                                 options[:create_if_missing] != false)
+        end
+      elsif options[:dir]
+        @dir = options[:dir]
+      else
+        options[:create] = true # this should always be true for a new RAMDir
+        @close_dir = true
+        @dir = RAMDirectory.new
+      end
+
+      @dir.extend(MonitorMixin) unless @dir.kind_of? MonitorMixin
+      options[:dir] = @dir
+      options[:lock_retry_time]||= 2
+      @options = options
+      if (!@dir.exists?("segments")) || options[:create]
+        IndexWriter.new(options).close
+      end
+      options[:analyzer]||= Ferret::Analysis::StandardAnalyzer.new
+      if options[:use_typed_range_query].nil?
+        options[:use_typed_range_query] = true
+      end
+
+      @searcher = nil
+      @writer = nil
+      @reader = nil
+
+      @options.delete(:create) # only create the first time if at all
+      @auto_flush = @options[:auto_flush] || false
+      if (@options[:id_field].nil? and @key.is_a?(Symbol))
+        @id_field = @key
+      else
+        @id_field = @options[:id_field] || :id
+      end
+      @default_field = (@options[:default_field]||= :*)
+      @default_input_field = options[:default_input_field] || @id_field
+
+      if @default_input_field.respond_to?(:intern)
+        @default_input_field = @default_input_field.intern
+      end
+      @open = true
+      @qp = nil
+      if block
+        yield self
+        self.close
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns an array of strings with the matches highlighted. The +query+ can
+    # either a query String or a Ferret::Search::Query object. The doc_id is
+    # the id of the document you want to highlight (usually returned by the
+    # search methods). There are also a number of options you can pass;
+    #
+    # === Options
+    #
+    # field::            Default: @options[:default_field]. The default_field
+    #                    is the field that is usually highlighted but you can
+    #                    specify which field you want to highlight here. If
+    #                    you want to highlight multiple fields then you will
+    #                    need to call this method multiple times.
+    # excerpt_length::   Default: 150. Length of excerpt to show. Highlighted
+    #                    terms will be in the centre of the excerpt. Set to
+    #                    :all to highlight the entire field.
+    # num_excerpts::     Default: 2. Number of excerpts to return.
+    # pre_tag::          Default: "<b>". Tag to place to the left of the
+    #                    match.  You'll probably want to change this to a
+    #                    "<span>" tag with a class. Try "\033[36m" for use in
+    #                    a terminal.
+    # post_tag::         Default: "</b>". This tag should close the
+    #                    +:pre_tag+. Try tag "\033[m" in the terminal.
+    # ellipsis::         Default: "...". This is the string that is appended
+    #                    at the beginning and end of excerpts (unless the
+    #                    excerpt hits the start or end of the field.
+    #                    Alternatively you may want to use the HTML entity
+    #                    &#8230; or the UTF-8 string "\342\200\246".
+    def highlight(query, doc_id, options = {})
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        @searcher.highlight(do_process_query(query),
+                            doc_id,
+                            options[:field]||@options[:default_field],
+                            options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Closes this index by closing its associated reader and writer objects.
+    def close
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        if not @open
+          raise(StandardError, "tried to close an already closed directory")
+        end
+        @searcher.close() if @searcher
+        @reader.close() if @reader
+        @writer.close() if @writer
+        @dir.close() if @close_dir
+
+        @open = false
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Get the reader for this index.
+    # NOTE:: This will close the writer from this index.
+    def reader
+      ensure_reader_open()
+      return @reader
+    end
+
+    # Get the searcher for this index.
+    # NOTE:: This will close the writer from this index.
+    def searcher
+      ensure_searcher_open()
+      return @searcher
+    end
+
+    # Get the writer for this index.
+    # NOTE:: This will close the reader from this index.
+    def writer
+      ensure_writer_open()
+      return @writer
+    end
+
+    # Adds a document to this index, using the provided analyzer instead of
+    # the local analyzer if provided.  If the document contains more than
+    # IndexWriter::MAX_FIELD_LENGTH terms for a given field, the remainder are
+    # discarded.
+    #
+    # There are three ways to add a document to the index. 
+    # To add a document you can simply add a string or an array of strings.
+    # This will store all the strings in the "" (ie empty string) field
+    # (unless you specify the default_field when you create the index).
+    #
+    #   index << "This is a new document to be indexed"
+    #   index << ["And here", "is another", "new document", "to be indexed"]
+    # 
+    # But these are pretty simple documents. If this is all you want to index
+    # you could probably just use SimpleSearch. So let's give our documents
+    # some fields;
+    # 
+    #   index << {:title => "Programming Ruby", :content => "blah blah blah"}
+    #   index << {:title => "Programming Ruby", :content => "yada yada yada"}
+    # 
+    # Or if you are indexing data stored in a database, you'll probably want
+    # to store the id;
+    # 
+    #   index << {:id => row.id, :title => row.title, :date => row.date}
+    # 
+    # See FieldInfos for more information on how to set field properties.
+    def add_document(doc, analyzer = nil)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        if doc.is_a?(String) or doc.is_a?(Array)
+          doc = {@default_input_field => doc}
+        end
+
+        # delete existing documents with the same key
+        if @key
+          if @key.is_a?(Array)
+            query = @key.inject(BooleanQuery.new()) do |bq, field|
+              bq.add_query(TermQuery.new(field, doc[field].to_s), :must)
+              bq
+            end
+            query_delete(query)
+          else
+            id = doc[@key].to_s
+            if id
+              @writer.delete(@key, id)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        ensure_writer_open()
+
+        if analyzer
+          old_analyzer = @writer.analyzer
+          @writer.analyzer = analyzer
+          @writer.add_document(doc)
+          @writer.analyzer = old_analyzer
+        else
+          @writer.add_document(doc)
+        end
+
+        flush() if @auto_flush
+      end
+    end
+    alias :<< :add_document
+
+    # Run a query through the Searcher on the index. A TopDocs object is
+    # returned with the relevant results. The +query+ is a built in Query
+    # object or a query string that can be parsed by the Ferret::QueryParser.
+    # Here are the options;
+    #
+    # === Options
+    #
+    # offset::      Default: 0. The offset of the start of the section of the
+    #               result-set to return. This is used for paging through
+    #               results. Let's say you have a page size of 10. If you
+    #               don't find the result you want among the first 10 results
+    #               then set +:offset+ to 10 and look at the next 10 results,
+    #               then 20 and so on.
+    # limit::       Default: 10. This is the number of results you want
+    #               returned, also called the page size. Set +:limit+ to
+    #               +:all+ to return all results
+    # sort::        A Sort object or sort string describing how the field
+    #               should be sorted. A sort string is made up of field names
+    #               which cannot contain spaces and the word "DESC" if you
+    #               want the field reversed, all separated by commas. For
+    #               example; "rating DESC, author, title". Note that Ferret
+    #               will try to determine a field's type by looking at the
+    #               first term in the index and seeing if it can be parsed as
+    #               an integer or a float. Keep this in mind as you may need
+    #               to specify a fields type to sort it correctly. For more
+    #               on this, see the documentation for SortField
+    # filter::      a Filter object to filter the search results with
+    # filter_proc:: a filter Proc is a Proc which takes the doc_id, the score
+    #               and the Searcher object as its parameters and returns a
+    #               Boolean value specifying whether the result should be
+    #               included in the result set.
+    def search(query, options = {})
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        return do_search(query, options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Run a query through the Searcher on the index. A TopDocs object is
+    # returned with the relevant results. The +query+ is a Query object or a
+    # query string that can be validly parsed by the Ferret::QueryParser. The
+    # Searcher#search_each method yields the internal document id (used to
+    # reference documents in the Searcher object like this;
+    # +searcher[doc_id]+) and the search score for that document. It is
+    # possible for the score to be greater than 1.0 for some queries and
+    # taking boosts into account. This method will also normalize scores to
+    # the range 0.0..1.0 when the max-score is greater than 1.0. Here are the
+    # options;
+    #
+    # === Options
+    #
+    # offset::      Default: 0. The offset of the start of the section of the
+    #               result-set to return. This is used for paging through
+    #               results. Let's say you have a page size of 10. If you
+    #               don't find the result you want among the first 10 results
+    #               then set +:offset+ to 10 and look at the next 10 results,
+    #               then 20 and so on.
+    # limit::       Default: 10. This is the number of results you want
+    #               returned, also called the page size. Set +:limit+ to
+    #               +:all+ to return all results
+    # sort::        A Sort object or sort string describing how the field
+    #               should be sorted. A sort string is made up of field names
+    #               which cannot contain spaces and the word "DESC" if you
+    #               want the field reversed, all separated by commas. For
+    #               example; "rating DESC, author, title". Note that Ferret
+    #               will try to determine a field's type by looking at the
+    #               first term in the index and seeing if it can be parsed as
+    #               an integer or a float. Keep this in mind as you may need
+    #               to specify a fields type to sort it correctly. For more
+    #               on this, see the documentation for SortField
+    # filter::      a Filter object to filter the search results with
+    # filter_proc:: a filter Proc is a Proc which takes the doc_id, the score
+    #               and the Searcher object as its parameters and returns a
+    #               Boolean value specifying whether the result should be
+    #               included in the result set.
+    # 
+    # returns:: The total number of hits.
+    #
+    # === Example
+    # eg.
+    #   index.search_each(query, options = {}) do |doc, score|
+    #     puts "hit document number #{doc} with a score of #{score}"
+    #   end
+    #
+    def search_each(query, options = {}) # :yield: doc, score
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+
+        @searcher.search_each(query, options) do |doc, score|
+          yield doc, score
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Run a query through the Searcher on the index, ignoring scoring and
+    # starting at +:start_doc+ and stopping when +:limit+ matches have been
+    # found. It returns an array of the matching document numbers.
+    #
+    # There is a big performance advange when using this search method on a
+    # very large index when there are potentially thousands of matching
+    # documents and you only want say 50 of them. The other search methods need
+    # to look at every single match to decide which one has the highest score.
+    # This search method just needs to find +:limit+ number of matches before
+    # it returns.
+    # 
+    # === Options
+    #
+    # start_doc::     Default: 0. The start document to start the search from.
+    #                 NOTE very carefully that this is not the same as the
+    #                 +:offset+ parameter used in the other search methods
+    #                 which refers to the offset in the result-set. This is the
+    #                 document to start the scan from. So if you scanning
+    #                 through the index in increments of 50 documents at a time
+    #                 you need to use the last matched doc in the previous
+    #                 search to start your next search. See the example below.
+    # limit::         Default: 50. This is the number of results you want
+    #                 returned, also called the page size. Set +:limit+ to
+    #                 +:all+ to return all results.
+    # TODO: add option to return loaded documents instead
+    #
+    # === Options
+    #
+    #   start_doc = 0
+    #   begin
+    #     results = @searcher.scan(query, :start_doc => start_doc)
+    #     yield results # or do something with them
+    #     start_doc = results.last
+    #     # start_doc will be nil now if results is empty, ie no more matches
+    #   end while start_doc
+    def scan(query, options = {})
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+
+        @searcher.scan(query, options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Retrieves a document/documents from the index. The method for retrieval
+    # depends on the type of the argument passed.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is an Integer then return the document based on the internal
+    # document number.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is a Range, then return the documents within the range based on
+    # internal document number.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is a String then search for the first document with +arg+ in
+    # the +id+ field. The +id+ field is either :id or whatever you set
+    # +:id_field+ parameter to when you create the Index object.
+    def doc(*arg)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        id = arg[0]
+        if id.kind_of?(String) or id.kind_of?(Symbol)
+          ensure_reader_open()
+          term_doc_enum = @reader.term_docs_for(@id_field, id.to_s)
+          return term_doc_enum.next? ? @reader[term_doc_enum.doc] : nil
+        else
+          ensure_reader_open(false)
+          return @reader[*arg]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    alias :[] :doc
+
+    # Retrieves the term_vector for a document. The document can be referenced
+    # by either a string id to match the id field or an integer corresponding
+    # to Ferret's document number.
+    #
+    # See Ferret::Index::IndexReader#term_vector
+    def term_vector(id, field)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_reader_open()
+        if id.kind_of?(String) or id.kind_of?(Symbol)
+          term_doc_enum = @reader.term_docs_for(@id_field, id.to_s)
+          if term_doc_enum.next?
+            id = term_doc_enum.doc
+          else
+            return nil
+          end
+        end
+        return @reader.term_vector(id, field)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # iterate through all documents in the index. This method preloads the
+    # documents so you don't need to call #load on the document to load all the
+    # fields.
+    def each
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_reader_open
+        (0...@reader.max_doc).each do |i|
+          yield @reader[i].load unless @reader.deleted?(i)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Deletes a document/documents from the index. The method for determining
+    # the document to delete depends on the type of the argument passed.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is an Integer then delete the document based on the internal
+    # document number. Will raise an error if the document does not exist.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is a String then search for the documents with +arg+ in the
+    # +id+ field. The +id+ field is either :id or whatever you set +:id_field+
+    # parameter to when you create the Index object. Will fail quietly if the
+    # no document exists.
+    #
+    # If +arg+ is a Hash or an Array then a batch delete will be performed.
+    # If +arg+ is an Array then it will be considered an array of +id+'s. If
+    # it is a Hash, then its keys will be used instead as the Array of
+    # document +id+'s. If the +id+ is an Integer then it is considered a
+    # Ferret document number and the corresponding document will be deleted.
+    # If the +id+ is a String or a Symbol then the +id+ will be considered a
+    # term and the documents that contain that term in the +:id_field+ will be
+    # deleted.
+    def delete(arg)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        if arg.is_a?(String) or arg.is_a?(Symbol)
+          ensure_writer_open()
+          @writer.delete(@id_field, arg.to_s)
+        elsif arg.is_a?(Integer)
+          ensure_reader_open()
+          cnt = @reader.delete(arg)
+        elsif arg.is_a?(Hash) or arg.is_a?(Array)
+          batch_delete(arg)
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "Cannot delete for arg of type #{arg.class}"
+        end
+        flush() if @auto_flush
+      end
+      return self
+    end
+
+    # Delete all documents returned by the query.
+    # 
+    # query:: The query to find documents you wish to delete. Can either be a
+    #         string (in which case it is parsed by the standard query parser)
+    #         or an actual query object.
+    def query_delete(query)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+        @searcher.search_each(query, :limit => :all) do |doc, score|
+          @reader.delete(doc)
+        end
+        flush() if @auto_flush
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns true if document +n+ has been deleted 
+    def deleted?(n)
+      @dir.synchronize do 
+        ensure_reader_open()
+        return @reader.deleted?(n) 
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Update the document referenced by the document number +id+ if +id+ is an
+    # integer or all of the documents which have the term +id+ if +id+ is a
+    # term..
+    # For batch update of set of documents, for performance reasons, see batch_update
+    #
+    # id::      The number of the document to update. Can also be a string
+    #           representing the value in the +id+ field. Also consider using
+    #           the :key attribute.
+    # new_doc:: The document to replace the old document with
+    def update(id, new_doc)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        delete(id)
+        if id.is_a?(String) or id.is_a?(Symbol)
+          @writer.commit
+        else
+          ensure_writer_open()
+        end
+        @writer << new_doc
+        flush() if @auto_flush
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Batch updates the documents in an index. You can pass either a Hash or
+    # an Array.
+    #
+    # === Array (recommended)
+    #
+    # If you pass an Array then each value needs to be a Document or a Hash
+    # and each of those documents must have an +:id_field+ which will be used
+    # to delete the old document that this document is replacing.
+    #
+    # === Hash
+    #
+    # If you pass a Hash then the keys of the Hash will be considered the
+    # +id+'s and the values will be the new documents to replace the old ones
+    # with.If the +id+ is an Integer then it is considered a Ferret document
+    # number and the corresponding document will be deleted.  If the +id+ is a
+    # String or a Symbol then the +id+ will be considered a term and the
+    # documents that contain that term in the +:id_field+ will be deleted.
+    #
+    # Note: No error will be raised if the document does not currently
+    # exist. A new document will simply be created.
+    #
+    # == Examples
+    #
+    #   # will replace the documents with the +id+'s id:133 and id:254
+    #   @index.batch_update({
+    #       '133' => {:id => '133', :content => 'yada yada yada'},
+    #       '253' => {:id => '253', :content => 'bla bla bal'}
+    #     })
+    #
+    #   # will replace the documents with the Ferret Document numbers 2 and 92
+    #   @index.batch_update({
+    #       2  => {:id => '133', :content => 'yada yada yada'},
+    #       92 => {:id => '253', :content => 'bla bla bal'}
+    #     })
+    #
+    #   # will replace the documents with the +id+'s id:133 and id:254
+    #   # this is recommended as it guarantees no duplicate keys
+    #   @index.batch_update([
+    #       {:id => '133', :content => 'yada yada yada'},
+    #       {:id => '253', :content => 'bla bla bal'}
+    #     ])
+    #
+    # docs:: A Hash of id/document pairs. The set of documents to be updated
+    def batch_update(docs)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ids = values = nil
+        case docs
+        when Array
+          ids = docs.collect{|doc| doc[@id_field].to_s}
+          if ids.include?(nil)
+            raise ArgumentError, "all documents must have an #{@id_field} " 
+                                 "field when doing a batch update"
+          end
+        when Hash
+          ids = docs.keys
+          docs = docs.values
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "must pass Hash or Array, not #{docs.class}"
+        end
+        batch_delete(ids)
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        docs.each {|new_doc| @writer << new_doc }
+        flush()
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Update all the documents returned by the query.
+    #
+    # query::   The query to find documents you wish to update. Can either be
+    #           a string (in which case it is parsed by the standard query
+    #           parser) or an actual query object.
+    # new_val:: The values we are updating. This can be a string in which case
+    #           the default field is updated, or it can be a hash, in which
+    #           case, all fields in the hash are merged into the old hash.
+    #           That is, the old fields are replaced by values in the new hash
+    #           if they exist.
+    #
+    # === Example
+    #
+    #   index << {:id => "26", :title => "Babylon", :artist => "David Grey"}
+    #   index << {:id => "29", :title => "My Oh My", :artist => "David Grey"}
+    #
+    #   # correct 
+    #   index.query_update('artist:"David Grey"', {:artist => "David Gray"})
+    #
+    #   index["26"]
+    #     #=> {:id => "26", :title => "Babylon", :artist => "David Gray"}
+    #   index["28"]
+    #     #=> {:id => "28", :title => "My Oh My", :artist => "David Gray"}
+    #
+    def query_update(query, new_val)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        docs_to_add = []
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+        @searcher.search_each(query, :limit => :all) do |id, score|
+          document = @searcher[id].load
+          if new_val.is_a?(Hash)
+            document.merge!(new_val)
+          else new_val.is_a?(String) or new_val.is_a?(Symbol)
+            document[@default_input_field] = new_val.to_s
+          end
+          docs_to_add << document
+          @reader.delete(id)
+        end
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        docs_to_add.each {|doc| @writer << doc }
+        flush() if @auto_flush
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns true if any documents have been deleted since the index was last
+    # flushed.
+    def has_deletions?()
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_reader_open()
+        return @reader.has_deletions?
+      end
+    end
+    
+    # Flushes all writes to the index. This will not optimize the index but it
+    # will make sure that all writes are written to it.
+    #
+    # NOTE: this is not necessary if you are only using this class. All writes
+    # will automatically flush when you perform an operation that reads the
+    # index.
+    def flush()
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        if @reader
+          if @searcher
+            @searcher.close
+            @searcher = nil
+          end
+          @reader.commit
+        elsif @writer
+          @writer.close
+          @writer = nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    alias :commit :flush
+
+    # optimizes the index. This should only be called when the index will no
+    # longer be updated very often, but will be read a lot.
+    def optimize()
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        @writer.optimize()
+        @writer.close()
+        @writer = nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    # returns the number of documents in the index
+    def size()
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_reader_open()
+        return @reader.num_docs()
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Merges all segments from an index or an array of indexes into this
+    # index. You can pass a single Index::Index, Index::Reader,
+    # Store::Directory or an array of any single one of these.
+    #
+    # This may be used to parallelize batch indexing. A large document
+    # collection can be broken into sub-collections. Each sub-collection can
+    # be indexed in parallel, on a different thread, process or machine and
+    # perhaps all in memory. The complete index can then be created by
+    # merging sub-collection indexes with this method.
+    #
+    # After this completes, the index is optimized.
+    def add_indexes(indexes)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        indexes = [indexes].flatten   # make sure we have an array
+        return if indexes.size == 0 # nothing to do
+        if indexes[0].is_a?(Index)
+          indexes.delete(self) # don't merge with self
+          indexes = indexes.map {|index| index.reader }
+        elsif indexes[0].is_a?(Ferret::Store::Directory)
+          indexes.delete(@dir) # don't merge with self
+          indexes = indexes.map {|dir| IndexReader.new(dir) }
+        elsif indexes[0].is_a?(IndexReader)
+          indexes.delete(@reader) # don't merge with self
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "Unknown index type when trying to merge indexes"
+        end
+        ensure_writer_open
+        @writer.add_readers(indexes)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # This is a simple utility method for saving an in memory or RAM index to
+    # the file system. The same thing can be achieved by using the
+    # Index::Index#add_indexes method and you will have more options when
+    # creating the new index, however this is a simple way to turn a RAM index
+    # into a file system index.
+    #
+    # directory:: This can either be a Store::Directory object or a String
+    #             representing the path to the directory where you would
+    #             like to store the index.
+    #
+    # create::    True if you'd like to create the directory if it doesn't
+    #             exist or copy over an existing directory. False if you'd
+    #             like to merge with the existing directory. This defaults to
+    #             false.
+    def persist(directory, create = true)
+      synchronize do
+        close_all()
+        old_dir = @dir
+        if directory.is_a?(String)
+          @dir = FSDirectory.new(directory, create)
+        elsif directory.is_a?(Ferret::Store::Directory)
+          @dir = directory
+        end
+        @dir.extend(MonitorMixin) unless @dir.kind_of? MonitorMixin
+        @options[:dir] = @dir
+        @options[:create_if_missing] = true
+        add_indexes([old_dir])
+      end
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      buf = ""
+      (0...(size)).each do |i|
+        buf << self[i].to_s + "\n" if not deleted?(i)
+      end
+      buf
+    end
+
+    # Returns an Explanation that describes how +doc+ scored against
+    # +query+.
+    # 
+    # This is intended to be used in developing Similarity implementations,
+    # and, for good performance, should not be displayed with every hit.
+    # Computing an explanation is as expensive as executing the query over the
+    # entire index.
+    def explain(query, doc)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+
+        return @searcher.explain(query, doc)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Turn a query string into a Query object with the Index's QueryParser
+    def process_query(query)
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        return do_process_query(query)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns the field_infos object so that you can add new fields to the
+    # index.
+    def field_infos
+      @dir.synchronize do
+        ensure_writer_open()
+        return @writer.field_infos
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    protected
+      def ensure_writer_open()
+        raise "tried to use a closed index" if not @open
+        return if @writer
+        if @reader
+          @searcher.close if @searcher
+          @reader.close
+          @reader = nil
+          @searcher = nil
+        end
+        @writer = IndexWriter.new(@options)
+      end
+
+      # returns the new reader if one is opened
+      def ensure_reader_open(get_latest = true)
+        raise "tried to use a closed index" if not @open
+        if @reader
+          if get_latest
+            latest = false
+            begin
+              latest = @reader.latest?
+            rescue Lock::LockError => le
+              sleep(@options[:lock_retry_time]) # sleep for 2 seconds and try again
+              latest = @reader.latest?
+            end
+            if not latest
+              @searcher.close if @searcher
+              @reader.close
+              return @reader = IndexReader.new(@dir)
+            end
+          end
+        else
+          if @writer
+            @writer.close
+            @writer = nil
+          end
+          return @reader = IndexReader.new(@dir)
+        end
+        return false
+      end
+
+      def ensure_searcher_open()
+        raise "tried to use a closed index" if not @open
+        if ensure_reader_open() or not @searcher
+          @searcher = Searcher.new(@reader)
+        end
+      end
+
+    private
+      def do_process_query(query)
+        if query.is_a?(String)
+          if @qp.nil?
+            @qp = Ferret::QueryParser.new(@options)
+          end
+          # we need to set this every time, in case a new field has been added
+          @qp.fields =
+              @reader.fields unless options[:all_fields] || options[:fields]
+          @qp.tokenized_fields =
+              @reader.tokenized_fields unless options[:tokenized_fields]
+          query = @qp.parse(query)
+        end
+        return query
+      end
+
+      def do_search(query, options)
+        ensure_searcher_open()
+        query = do_process_query(query)
+
+        return @searcher.search(query, options)
+      end
+
+      def close_all()
+        @dir.synchronize do
+          @searcher.close if @searcher
+          @reader.close if @reader
+          @writer.close if @writer
+          @reader = nil
+          @searcher = nil
+          @writer = nil
+        end
+      end
+
+      # If +docs+ is a Hash or an Array then a batch delete will be performed.
+      # If +docs+ is an Array then it will be considered an array of +id+'s. If
+      # it is a Hash, then its keys will be used instead as the Array of
+      # document +id+'s. If the +id+ is an Integers then it is considered a
+      # Ferret document number and the corresponding document will be deleted.
+      # If the +id+ is a String or a Symbol then the +id+ will be considered a
+      # term and the documents that contain that term in the +:id_field+ will
+      # be deleted.
+      #
+      # docs:: An Array of docs to be deleted, or a Hash (in which case the keys
+      # are used)
+      def batch_delete(docs)
+        docs = docs.keys if docs.is_a?(Hash)
+        raise ArgumentError, "must pass Array or Hash" unless docs.is_a? Array
+        ids = []
+        terms = []
+        docs.each do |doc|
+          case doc
+          when String then  terms << doc
+          when Symbol then  terms << doc.to_s
+          when Integer then ids   << doc
+          else
+            raise ArgumentError, "Cannot delete for arg of type #{id.class}"
+          end
+        end
+        if ids.size > 0
+          ensure_reader_open
+          ids.each {|id| @reader.delete(id)}
+        end
+        if terms.size > 0
+          ensure_writer_open()
+          @writer.delete(@id_field, terms)
+        end
+        return self
+      end
+
+  end
+end
+
+module Ferret
+  I = Index::Index
+end