[LUCENE-963] Add setters to Field to allow re-use of Field instances during indexing

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.9, 2.0.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: core/index
• Lucene Fields: New, Patch Available
• Assignee: Michael McCandless
• Reporter: Michael McCandless
• Created: 17/Jul/07 22:39
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 11:39
• Resolved: 19/Jul/07 01:35

Description

If we add setters to Field it makes it possible to re-use Field
instances during indexing which is a sizable performance gain for
small documents. See here for some discussion:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/lucene/java-dev/51041