Method DeleteDocuments
DeleteDocuments(Term)
Deletes all documents that have a given term indexed.
This is useful if one uses a document field to hold a unique ID string for
the document. Then to delete such a document, one merely constructs a
term with the appropriate field and the unique ID string as its text and
passes it to this method.
See Delete
Declaration
public virtual int DeleteDocuments(Term term)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Term | term |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System. |
The number of documents deleted |
Exceptions
| Type | Condition |
|---|---|
| Stale |
If the index has changed since this reader was opened |
| Corrupt |
If the index is corrupt |
| Lock |
If another writer has this index open ( |