[hibernate-dev] [HSEARCH] Implementing mass indexer with JSR 352 batch application

Hi, I've been contemplating the idea of creating a JSR-352-style batch application for re-indexing one or more entity types in Hibernate Search. Functionally, it'd be the same as the current mass indexer, but using JSR 352 would provide some nice benefits: * Operation through standard batch interfaces (e.g. CLI, web console or whatever servers provide) * Standardized monitoring and logging * Standardized error handling, restartability after failures I thought this might be an interesting GSoC idea. It's very isolated and also should not be too complex to do. If the student is quick, one further idea could be to provide some UI functionality for controlling this (I'm not sure what's already available in the WF web console). Any thoughts? Thanks, --Gunnar