IndexReader reader = IndexReader.open(dir);
assertEquals("should be one document", reader.numDocs(), 1);
// now open index for create:
writer = new IndexWriter(dir, new WhitespaceAnalyzer(), true);
assertEquals("should be zero documents", writer.docCount(), 0);
addDoc(writer);
writer.close();
assertEquals("should be one document", reader.numDocs(), 1);
IndexReader reader2 = IndexReader.open(dir);