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

[Gunnar Morling]

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