Does anyone know where decent documentation describing the Lucene index format IN DETAIL on the web is?

Question

I am mainly curious as to the inner workings of the engine itself. I couldnt find anything about the index format itself (IE in detail as though you were going to build your own compatible implementation) and how it works. I have poked through the code, but its a little large to swallow for what must be described somewhere since there are so many compatible ports to other languages around. Can anyone provide a decent link?

Answer 1

Have you seen this: http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/fileformats.html? It's the most detailed I've found.

Although Lucene in Action does stop short of the detail in that link, I found it a useful companion to keep a handle on the big picture concepts while understanding the nitty gritty.