[hibernate-dev] [HSEARCH] Usage of ShardIdentifierProvider

Hi, As IndexShardingStrategy is deprecated, I thought I'd use ShardIdentifierProvider and friends in new code I write. It's not clear to me though, how it's meant to be used. Some questions: * Is it correct that EntityIndexBinding#getShardIdentifierProvider() returns null is sharding is not used for this entity? I suppose in that case I simply can use EntityIndexBinding.getIndexManagers()[0]? * What's the envisioned way to get the IM for a given shard once I know the shard id? I found IndexManagerHolder.getOrCreateIndexManager(), but this expects a *DynamicSharding*EntityIndexBinding, so how would it work for non-dynamic sharding? It's tough to see how the pieces are meant to fit together, now that IndexShardingStrategy and ShardIdentifierProvider are there. I hope we can get rid of the former soon, simplifying the code a bit? Thanks, --Gunnar