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 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. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira