Lucene in Action, Second Edition

Appendix C. Lucene/contrib benchmark

The contrib/benchmark module is a useful framework for running repeatable performance tests. By creating a short script, called an algorithm (file.alg), you tell the benchmark module what test to run and how to report its results. In chapter 11 we saw how to use benchmark for measuring Lucene’s indexing performance. In this appendix we delve into more detail. Benchmark is quite new and will improve over time, so always check the Javadocs. The package-level Javadocs in the byTask sub-package have a good overview.

You might be tempted to create your own testing framework instead of learning how to use benchmark. Likely you’ve done so already many times in the past. But there are some important reasons to make ...