[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Updated: (HSEARCH-742) Failure to open IndexWriter is hidden as NullPointerException in backend

Failure to open IndexWriter is hidden as NullPointerException in backend ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HSEARCH-742 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HSEARCH-742 Project: Hibernate Search Issue Type: Bug Components: engine Affects Versions: 3.4.0.Final Reporter: Sanne Grinovero Assignee: Sanne Grinovero Priority: Minor Fix For: 4.0.0.Alpha1 If a timeoutexception happens while attempting to acquire the write lock on the index, for example by using the _exclusive_index_use_ option wrongly, an NPE is thrown, in addition to logging the real cause.