[LUCENE-6872] IndexWriter OOM handling should be any VirtualMachineError

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.4, 6.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Muir
• Created: 31/Oct/15 18:04
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:45
• Resolved: 03/Nov/15 15:57

Description

IndexWriter is defensive in this case: this error could come from any unexpected place.

But its superclass VirtualMachineError is the correct one: "Thrown to indicate that the Java Virtual Machine is broken or has run out of resources necessary for it to continue operating."