TSK-468 keyword search hang on certain content

TSK-429 	Case closing exception handling
- better design of Solr server, better encapsulation to improve concurrency and error handling
- added timeout (30 mins by default, to be tweaked per file size) for file index operation
- implemented better solr server stop() (graceful, then brutal)
- added Solr restart in case of timeout, fixes issue when server instance is shot and does not respond.  After restart, ingest continues on following files
- better exception/error handling and handling of case closing while keyword search threads are being shutdown, but still running

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/ExtractedContentViewer.java

@@ -196,16 +196,7 @@ public class ExtractedContentViewer implements DataContentViewer {
             return false;
         }
 
-        Server.Core solrCore = null;
+        final Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-        try {
-            solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
-        } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not get Solr Core", e);
-        }
-        
-        if (solrCore == null) {
-            return false;
-        }
         
         SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery();
         q.setQuery("*:*");
@@ -213,8 +204,13 @@ public class ExtractedContentViewer implements DataContentViewer {
         q.setFields("id");
 
         try {
-            return !solrCore.query(q).getResults().isEmpty();
+            return !solrServer.query(q).getResults().isEmpty();
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
+        } 
+        catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn't determine whether content is supported.", ex);
+            return false;
+        }
+        catch (SolrServerException ex) {
             logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn't determine whether content is supported.", ex);
             return false;
         }
@@ -228,13 +224,20 @@ public class ExtractedContentViewer implements DataContentViewer {
      * @throws SolrServerException if something goes wrong
      */
     private String getSolrContent(Node node) throws SolrServerException {
-        Server.Core solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
+        Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
         SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery();
         q.setQuery("*:*");
         q.addFilterQuery("id:" + node.getLookup().lookup(Content.class).getId());
         q.setFields("content");
 
-        String content = (String) solrCore.query(q).getResults().get(0).getFieldValue("content");
+        String content;
+        try {
+            content = (String) solrServer.query(q).getResults().get(0).getFieldValue("content");
+        }
+        catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn't get Solr content.", ex);
+            return "";
+        }
         return content;
     }
 

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/HighlightedMatchesSource.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class HighlightedMatchesSource implements MarkupSource, HighlightLookup {
     private static final String NO_MATCHES = "<span style='background:red'>No matches in content.</span>";
     private Content content;
     private String solrQuery;
-    private Core solrCore;
+    private Server solrServer;
     private int numberHits;
     private boolean isRegex = false;
     private boolean group = true;
@@ -54,11 +54,8 @@ class HighlightedMatchesSource implements MarkupSource, HighlightLookup {
         this.isRegex = isRegex;
         this.group = true;
 
-        try {
+        this.solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-            this.solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
+
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not get Solr core", ex);
-        }
     }
 
     HighlightedMatchesSource(Content content, String solrQuery, boolean isRegex, boolean group) {
@@ -72,10 +69,6 @@ class HighlightedMatchesSource implements MarkupSource, HighlightLookup {
 
     @Override
     public String getMarkup() {
-        if (solrCore == null) {
-            return NO_MATCHES;
-        }
-
         String highLightField = null;
 
         String highlightQuery = solrQuery;
@@ -124,7 +117,7 @@ class HighlightedMatchesSource implements MarkupSource, HighlightLookup {
         q.setHighlightFragsize(0); // don't fragment the highlight
 
         try {
-            QueryResponse response = solrCore.query(q, METHOD.POST);
+            QueryResponse response = solrServer.query(q, METHOD.POST);
             Map<String, Map<String, List<String>>> responseHighlight = response.getHighlighting();
             long contentID = content.getId();
             Map<String, List<String>> responseHighlightID = responseHighlight.get(Long.toString(contentID));
@@ -140,7 +133,12 @@ class HighlightedMatchesSource implements MarkupSource, HighlightLookup {
                 highlightedContent = insertAnchors(highlightedContent);
                 return "<pre>" + highlightedContent + "</pre>";
             }
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
+        } 
+        catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Couldn't query markup.", ex);
+            return "";
+        }
+        catch (SolrServerException ex) {
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not query markup. ", ex);
             return "";
         }

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/Ingester.java

@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.AbstractUpdateRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.ContentStreamUpdateRequest;
@@ -41,11 +46,12 @@ import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.ReadContentInputStream;
 class Ingester {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Ingester.class.getName());
-    private SolrServer solrCore;
     private boolean uncommitedIngests = false;
+    private final ExecutorService upRequestExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    static final int UP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30 * 60; //30 min TODO use variable time depending on file size
+    private final Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
 
-    Ingester(SolrServer solrCore) {
+    Ingester() {
-        this.solrCore = solrCore;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -108,42 +114,79 @@ class Ingester {
      * content, but the Solr server is probably fine.
      */
     private void ingest(ContentStream cs, Map<String, String> fields) throws IngesterException {
-        ContentStreamUpdateRequest up = new ContentStreamUpdateRequest("/update/extract");
+        final ContentStreamUpdateRequest up = new ContentStreamUpdateRequest("/update/extract");
         up.addContentStream(cs);
         setFields(up, fields);
         up.setAction(AbstractUpdateRequest.ACTION.COMMIT, true, true);
 
         //logger.log(Level.INFO, "Ingesting " + fields.get("file_name"));
+
         up.setParam("commit", "false");
 
-        try {
-            solrCore.request(up);
-            // should't get any checked exceptions, 
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            // It's possible that we will have IO errors 
-            throw new IngesterException("Problem reading file.", ex);
-        } catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
-            // problems with content
-            throw new IngesterException("Problem reading file.", ex);
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            // If there's a problem talking to Solr, something is fundamentally
-            // wrong with ingest
-            throw new IngesterException("Problem with Solr", ex);
-        } catch (SolrException ex) {
-            // Tika problems result in an unchecked SolrException
-            ErrorCode ec = ErrorCode.getErrorCode(ex.code());
 
-            // When Tika has problems with a document, it throws a server error
+        final Future f = upRequestExecutor.submit(new UpRequestTask(up));
-            // but it's okay to continue with other documents
+        try {
-            if (ec.equals(ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR)) {
+            //TODO use timeout proportional to content size
-                throw new IngesterException("Problem posting file contents to Solr. SolrException error code: " + ec, ex);
+            f.get(UP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-            } else {
+        } catch (TimeoutException te) {
-                // shouldn't get any other error codes
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Solr timeout encountered, trying to restart Solr");
-                throw ex;
+            //TODO restart solr might be needed to recover from some error conditions
-            }
+            hardSolrRestart();
+            throw new IngesterException("Solr index request time out for id: " + fields.get("id") + ", name: " + fields.get("file_name"));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new IngesterException("Problem posting content to Solr, id: " + fields.get("id") + ", name: " + fields.get("file_name"), e);
+        }
+        uncommitedIngests = true;
+    }
+    
+    
+    //attempt to restart Solr and recover from its internal error
+    private void hardSolrRestart() {
+        solrServer.closeCore();
+        solrServer.stop();
+
+        solrServer.start();
+        solrServer.openCore();
+
+
+    }
+
+    private class UpRequestTask implements Runnable {
+
+        ContentStreamUpdateRequest up;
+
+        UpRequestTask(ContentStreamUpdateRequest up) {
+            this.up = up;
         }
 
-        uncommitedIngests = true;
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            try {
+                solrServer.request(up);
+            } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("No Solr core available, cannot index the content", ex);
+            } catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+                // problems with content
+                throw new RuntimeException("Problem reading file.", ex);
+            } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
+                // If there's a problem talking to Solr, something is fundamentally
+                // wrong with ingest
+                throw new RuntimeException("Problem with Solr", ex);
+            } catch (SolrException ex) {
+                // Tika problems result in an unchecked SolrException
+                ErrorCode ec = ErrorCode.getErrorCode(ex.code());
+
+                // When Tika has problems with a document, it throws a server error
+                // but it's okay to continue with other documents
+                if (ec.equals(ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR)) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Problem posting file contents to Solr. SolrException error code: " + ec, ex);
+                } else {
+                    // shouldn't get any other error codes
+                    throw ex;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,13 +195,12 @@ class Ingester {
      */
     void commit() {
         try {
-            solrCore.commit();
+            solrServer.commit();
             uncommitedIngests = false;
-            // if commit doesn't work, something's broken
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error commiting index", ex);
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
         } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error commiting index", ex);
         }
     }
 
@@ -170,6 +212,8 @@ class Ingester {
     private static void setFields(ContentStreamUpdateRequest up, Map<String, String> fields) {
         for (Entry<String, String> field : fields.entrySet()) {
             up.setParam("literal." + field.getKey(), field.getValue());
+
+
         }
     }
 
@@ -224,5 +268,9 @@ class Ingester {
         IngesterException(String message, Throwable ex) {
             super(message, ex);
         }
+
+        IngesterException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
     }
 }

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchFilterNode.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.openide.nodes.Node;
 import org.openide.nodes.Node.Property;
 import org.openide.nodes.PropertySupport;
 import org.openide.nodes.Sheet;
+import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
 import org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups;
 import org.openide.util.lookup.ProxyLookup;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.directorytree.ExternalViewerAction;
@@ -52,7 +53,14 @@ class KeywordSearchFilterNode extends FilterNode {
 
     String getSnippet() {
         final Content content = this.getOriginal().getLookup().lookup(Content.class);
-        final String snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(solrQuery, content.getId(), false, true);
+        String snippet;
+        try {
+            snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(solrQuery, content.getId(), false, true);
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            //logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not perform the snippet query. ", ex);
+            return "";
+        }
+
         return snippet;
     }
 
@@ -122,7 +130,6 @@ class KeywordSearchFilterNode extends FilterNode {
         return actions.toArray(new Action[actions.size()]);
     }
 
-    
     private class GetPopupActionsContentVisitor extends ContentVisitor.Default<List<Action>> {
 
         @Override
@@ -133,10 +140,10 @@ class KeywordSearchFilterNode extends FilterNode {
             actions.add(new ExtractAction("Extract File", getOriginal()));
             return actions;
         }
+
         @Override
         protected List<Action> defaultVisit(Content c) {
             return new ArrayList<Action>();
         }
-        
     }
 }

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchIngestService.java

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestService implements IngestServiceFsContent
 
     public enum IngestStatus {
 
-        INGESTED, EXTRACTED_INGESTED, SKIPPED,
+        INGESTED, EXTRACTED_INGESTED, SKIPPED,};
-    };
     private Map<Long, IngestStatus> ingestStatus;
     private Map<String, List<FsContent>> reportedHits; //already reported hits
 
@@ -219,16 +218,10 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestService implements IngestServiceFsContent
 
         this.managerProxy = managerProxy;
 
-        Server.Core solrCore = null;
+        Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-        try {
-            solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not get Solr core", ex);
-            managerProxy.postMessage(IngestMessage.createErrorMessage(++messageID, instance, "Error initializing.", "Keyword indexing and search cannot proceed. Try restarting the application."));
-            return;
-        }
 
-        ingester = solrCore.getIngester();
+
+        ingester = solrServer.getIngester();
 
         ingestStatus = new HashMap<Long, IngestStatus>();
 
@@ -348,7 +341,7 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestService implements IngestServiceFsContent
     private void indexChangeNotify() {
         //signal a potential change in number of indexed files
         try {
-            final int numIndexedFiles = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore().queryNumIndexedFiles();
+            final int numIndexedFiles = KeywordSearch.getServer().queryNumIndexedFiles();
             SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
 
                 @Override
@@ -356,6 +349,8 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestService implements IngestServiceFsContent
                     KeywordSearch.changeSupport.firePropertyChange(KeywordSearch.NUM_FILES_CHANGE_EVT, null, new Integer(numIndexedFiles));
                 }
             });
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Solr query to check number of indexed files: ", ex);
         } catch (SolrServerException se) {
             logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Solr query to check number of indexed files: ", se);
         }
@@ -591,6 +586,12 @@ public final class KeywordSearchIngestService implements IngestServiceFsContent
 
                 try {
                     queryResult = del.performQuery();
+                } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error performing query: " + keywordQuery.getQuery(), ex);
+                    //no reason to continue with next query if recovery failed
+                    //or wait for recovery to kick in and run again later
+                    //likely case has closed and threads are being interrupted
+                    break;
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error performing query: " + keywordQuery.getQuery(), e);
                     continue;

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchPanel.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
  *
  * @author dfickling
  */
-public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
+public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(KeywordSearchPanel.class.getName());
     private KeywordPropertyChangeListener listener;
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
         Case.addPropertyChangeListener(listener);
 
         searchBox.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
+
             @Override
             public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
                 if (searchBox.getText().equals("Search...")) {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
                     entered = true;
                 }
             }
+
             @Override
             public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
                 if (searchBox.getText().equals("")) {
@@ -90,10 +92,9 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
             public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                 listsMenu.setVisible(false);
             }
-            
         });
         // Adding border of six to account for menu border
-        listsMenu.setSize(listsPanel.getPreferredSize().width+6, listsPanel.getPreferredSize().height+6);
+        listsMenu.setSize(listsPanel.getPreferredSize().width + 6, listsPanel.getPreferredSize().height + 6);
         listsMenu.add(listsPanel);
         listsMenu.addPopupMenuListener(new PopupMenuListener() {
 
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
             public void popupMenuCanceled(PopupMenuEvent e) {
                 listsButton.setSelected(false);
             }
-            
         });
 
         searchBox.setComponentPopupMenu(rightClickMenu);
@@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
     }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents
 
     private void searchBoxActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_searchBoxActionPerformed
-        if(!entered)
+        if (!entered) {
             return;
+        }
         getRootPane().setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
         try {
             search();
@@ -326,7 +327,6 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
     private void settingsLabelMouseExited(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_settingsLabelMouseExited
         settingsLabel.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/dropdown-icon.png")));
     }//GEN-LAST:event_settingsLabelMouseExited
-
     // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
     private javax.swing.JMenuItem copyMenuItem;
     private javax.swing.JMenuItem cutMenuItem;
@@ -382,10 +382,14 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
                 switch (state) {
                     case STARTED:
                         try {
-                            final int numIndexedFiles = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore().queryNumIndexedFiles();
+                            final int numIndexedFiles = KeywordSearch.getServer().queryNumIndexedFiles();
                             KeywordSearch.changeSupport.firePropertyChange(KeywordSearch.NUM_FILES_CHANGE_EVT, null, new Integer(numIndexedFiles));
                             //setFilesIndexed(numIndexedFiles);
-                        } catch (SolrServerException se) {
+                        } 
+                        catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing Solr query, " + ex);
+                        }
+                        catch (SolrServerException se) {
                             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing Solr query, " + se.getMessage());
                         }
                         break;
@@ -396,7 +400,7 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
             }
         }
 
-        private void setFields(boolean enabled){
+        private void setFields(boolean enabled) {
             searchBox.setEnabled(enabled);
             regExCheckboxMenuItem.setEnabled(enabled);
             settingsLabel.setEnabled(enabled);
@@ -406,8 +410,8 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
         }
     }
 
-    private void maybeShowSettingsPopup (MouseEvent evt) {
+    private void maybeShowSettingsPopup(MouseEvent evt) {
-        if(!active) {
+        if (!active) {
             return;
         }
         if (evt != null && !SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(evt)) {
@@ -417,13 +421,13 @@ public class KeywordSearchPanel extends AbstractKeywordSearchPerformer{
         settingsMenu.show(searchBoxPanel, 0, searchBoxPanel.getHeight());
     }
 
-    private void maybeShowListsPopup (MouseEvent evt) {
+    private void maybeShowListsPopup(MouseEvent evt) {
-        if(!active) {
+        if (!active) {
             return;
         }
         if (evt != null && !SwingUtilities.isLeftMouseButton(evt)) {
             return;
         }
-        listsMenu.show(listsButton, listsButton.getWidth()-listsMenu.getWidth(), listsButton.getHeight()-1);
+        listsMenu.show(listsButton, listsButton.getWidth() - listsMenu.getWidth(), listsButton.getHeight() - 1);
     }
 }

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchQuery.java

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public interface KeywordSearchQuery {
     /**
      * execute query and return results without publishing them
      * return results for all matching terms
-     * 
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException if query failed due to server error, this could be a notification to stop processing
      * @return 
      */
-    public Map<String,List<FsContent>> performQuery();
+    public Map<String,List<FsContent>> performQuery() throws NoOpenCoreException;
     
   
     
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ public interface KeywordSearchQuery {
      * @param newFsHit fscontent for which to write results for this hit
      * @param listName listname
      * @return collection of results (with cached bb artifacts/attributes) created and written
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException if could not write to bb because required query failed due to server error, this could be a notification to stop processing
      */
-    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName);
+    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName) throws NoOpenCoreException;
        
 }
 

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/KeywordSearchResultFactory.java

@@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ public class KeywordSearchResultFactory extends ChildFactory<KeyValueQuery> {
             }
 
             //execute the query and get fscontents matching
-            Map<String, List<FsContent>> tcqRes = tcq.performQuery();
+            Map<String, List<FsContent>> tcqRes;
+            try {
+                tcqRes = tcq.performQuery();
+            } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not perform the query. ", ex);
+                return false;
+            }
             final Set<FsContent> fsContents = new HashSet<FsContent>();
             for (String key : tcqRes.keySet()) {
                 fsContents.addAll(tcqRes.get(key));
@@ -247,8 +253,14 @@ public class KeywordSearchResultFactory extends ChildFactory<KeyValueQuery> {
                 AbstractFsContentNode.fillPropertyMap(resMap, f);
                 setCommonProperty(resMap, CommonPropertyTypes.MATCH, f.getName());
                 if (literal_query) {
-                    final String snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(tcq.getEscapedQueryString(), f.getId(), false, true);
+                    try {
-                    setCommonProperty(resMap, CommonPropertyTypes.CONTEXT, snippet);
+                        String snippet;
+                        snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(tcq.getEscapedQueryString(), f.getId(), false, true);
+                        setCommonProperty(resMap, CommonPropertyTypes.CONTEXT, snippet);
+                    } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                        logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not perform the query. ", ex);
+                        return false;
+                    }
                 }
                 final String highlightQueryEscaped = getHighlightQuery(tcq, literal_query, tcqRes, f);
                 toPopulate.add(new KeyValueQueryContent(f.getName(), resMap, ++resID, f, highlightQueryEscaped, tcq));
@@ -367,7 +379,14 @@ public class KeywordSearchResultFactory extends ChildFactory<KeyValueQuery> {
                 LuceneQuery filesQuery = new LuceneQuery(keywordQuery);
                 filesQuery.escape();
 
-                Map<String, List<FsContent>> matchesRes = filesQuery.performQuery();
+                Map<String, List<FsContent>> matchesRes;
+                try {
+                    matchesRes = filesQuery.performQuery();
+                } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                    logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not perform the query. ", ex);
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 Set<FsContent> matches = new HashSet<FsContent>();
                 for (String key : matchesRes.keySet()) {
                     matches.addAll(matchesRes.get(key));
@@ -435,7 +454,7 @@ public class KeywordSearchResultFactory extends ChildFactory<KeyValueQuery> {
      * worker for writing results to bb, with progress bar, cancellation, 
      * and central registry of workers to be stopped when case is closed
      */
-    static class ResultWriter extends SwingWorker<Object,Void> {
+    static class ResultWriter extends SwingWorker<Object, Void> {
 
         private static List<ResultWriter> writers = new ArrayList<ResultWriter>();
         private ProgressHandle progress;

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java

@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.TermsResponse.Term;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocumentList;
 import org.openide.nodes.Node;
+import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
 import org.openide.windows.TopComponent;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponents.DataResultTopComponent;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponents.TableFilterNode;
-import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestManager;
-import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.ServiceDataEvent;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch.KeywordSearchResultFactory.ResultWriter;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.BlackboardArtifact;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.BlackboardArtifact.ARTIFACT_TYPE;
@@ -104,10 +103,8 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
         return null;
     }
 
-    
-
     @Override
-    public Map<String, List<FsContent>> performQuery() {
+    public Map<String, List<FsContent>> performQuery() throws NoOpenCoreException {
         Map<String, List<FsContent>> results = new HashMap<String, List<FsContent>>();
         //in case of single term literal query there is only 1 term
         results.put(query, performLuceneQuery());
@@ -118,8 +115,15 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
     @Override
     public void execute() {
         escape();
-        Set<FsContent>fsMatches = new HashSet<FsContent>();
+        Set<FsContent> fsMatches = new HashSet<FsContent>();
-        final Map<String, List<FsContent>> matches = performQuery();
+        final Map<String, List<FsContent>> matches;
+        
+        try {
+            matches = performQuery();
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
         for (String key : matches.keySet()) {
             fsMatches.addAll(matches.get(key));
         }
@@ -150,17 +154,9 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
         return query != null && !query.equals("");
     }
 
-    private Collection<KeywordWriteResult> writeToBlackBoard(FsContent newFsHit, String listName) {
-        List<KeywordWriteResult> ret = new ArrayList<KeywordWriteResult>();
-        KeywordWriteResult written = writeToBlackBoard(query, newFsHit, listName);
-        if (written != null) {
-            ret.add(written);
-        }
-        return ret;
-    }
 
     @Override
-    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName) {
+    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName) throws NoOpenCoreException {
         final String MODULE_NAME = KeywordSearchIngestService.MODULE_NAME;
 
         KeywordWriteResult writeResult = null;
@@ -170,15 +166,20 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
             bba = newFsHit.newArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_KEYWORD_HIT);
             writeResult = new KeywordWriteResult(bba);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error adding bb artifact for keyword hit", e);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error adding bb artifact for keyword hit", e);
             return null;
         }
 
         String snippet = null;
         try {
             snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(queryEscaped, newFsHit.getId(), false, true);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } 
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error querying snippet: " + query, e);
+        catch (NoOpenCoreException e) {   
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error querying snippet: " + query, e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {  
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error querying snippet: " + query, e);
             return null;
         }
         if (snippet != null) {
@@ -207,36 +208,25 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
             writeResult.add(attributes);
             return writeResult;
         } catch (TskException e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error adding bb attributes to artifact", e);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error adding bb attributes to artifact", e);
         }
         return null;
     }
 
-    
     /**
      * Just perform the query and return result without updating the GUI
      * This utility is used in this class, can be potentially reused by other classes
      * @param query
      * @return matches List
      */
-    private List<FsContent> performLuceneQuery() throws RuntimeException {
+    private List<FsContent> performLuceneQuery() throws NoOpenCoreException {
 
         List<FsContent> matches = new ArrayList<FsContent>();
 
         boolean allMatchesFetched = false;
         final int ROWS_PER_FETCH = 10000;
 
-        Server.Core solrCore = null;
+        final Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-
-        try {
-            solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
-        } catch (SolrServerException e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not get Solr core", e);
-        }
-        
-        if (solrCore == null) {
-            return matches;
-        }
 
         SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery();
 
@@ -249,17 +239,24 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
             q.setStart(start);
 
             try {
-                QueryResponse response = solrCore.query(q, METHOD.POST);
+                QueryResponse response = solrServer.query(q, METHOD.POST);
                 SolrDocumentList resultList = response.getResults();
                 long results = resultList.getNumFound();
 
                 allMatchesFetched = start + ROWS_PER_FETCH >= results;
 
+                SleuthkitCase sc;
+
+                try {
+                    sc = Case.getCurrentCase().getSleuthkitCase();
+                } catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+                    //no case open, must be just closed
+                    return matches;
+                }
+
                 for (SolrDocument resultDoc : resultList) {
                     long id = Long.parseLong((String) resultDoc.getFieldValue("id"));
 
-                    SleuthkitCase sc = Case.getCurrentCase().getSleuthkitCase();
-
                     // TODO: has to be a better way to get files. Also, need to 
                     // check that we actually get 1 hit for each id
                     ResultSet rs = sc.runQuery("select * from tsk_files where obj_id=" + id);
@@ -271,12 +268,16 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
                     }
                 }
 
+
+            } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Lucene Solr Query: " + query, ex);
+                throw ex;
             } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Lucene Solr Query: " + query.substring(0, Math.min(query.length() - 1, 200)), ex);
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Lucene Solr Query: " + query, ex);
-                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
                 // TODO: handle bad query strings, among other issues
             } catch (SQLException ex) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error interpreting results from Lucene Solr Query: " + query, ex);
+                return matches;
             }
 
         }
@@ -291,18 +292,10 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
      * @param group whether the query should look for all terms grouped together in the query order, or not
      * @return 
      */
-    public static String querySnippet(String query, long contentID, boolean isRegex, boolean group) {
+    public static String querySnippet(String query, long contentID, boolean isRegex, boolean group) throws NoOpenCoreException {
         final int SNIPPET_LENGTH = 45;
 
-        Server.Core solrCore = null;
+        Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-        try {
-            solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
-        } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not get Solr core", ex);
-        }
-        
-        if (solrCore == null)
-            return "";
 
         String highlightField = null;
         if (isRegex) {
@@ -316,11 +309,13 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
         if (isRegex) {
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
             sb.append(highlightField).append(":");
-            if (group)
+            if (group) {
                 sb.append("\"");
+            }
             sb.append(query);
-            if (group)
+            if (group) {
                 sb.append("\"");
+            }
 
             q.setQuery(sb.toString());
         } else {
@@ -336,7 +331,7 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
         q.setHighlightFragsize(SNIPPET_LENGTH);
 
         try {
-            QueryResponse response = solrCore.query(q);
+            QueryResponse response = solrServer.query(q);
             Map<String, Map<String, List<String>>> responseHighlight = response.getHighlighting();
             Map<String, List<String>> responseHighlightID = responseHighlight.get(Long.toString(contentID));
             if (responseHighlightID == null) {
@@ -349,8 +344,12 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
                 // extracted content is HTML-escaped, but snippet goes in a plain text field
                 return StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml(contentHighlights.get(0)).trim();
             }
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Lucene Solr Query: " + query, ex);
+            throw ex;
         } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error executing Lucene Solr Query: " + query, ex);
+            return "";
         }
     }
 }

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/NoOpenCoreException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.keywordsearch;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Exception thrown when no core is open
+ */
+public class NoOpenCoreException extends Exception {
+
+    NoOpenCoreException() {
+        super("No currently open Solr core.");
+    }
+
+    
+}

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/Server.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.TermsResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrRequest;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrRequest.METHOD;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.openide.modules.InstalledFileLocator;
 import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class Server {
     private static final String DEFAULT_CORE_NAME = "coreCase";
     // TODO: DEFAULT_CORE_NAME needs to be replaced with unique names to support multiple open cases
     public static final String CORE_EVT = "CORE_EVT";
-    
     private String javaPath = "java";
+    private Process curSolrProcess = null;
 
     public enum CORE_EVT_STATES {
 
@@ -110,22 +110,25 @@ class Server {
 
         InputStreamPrinterThread(InputStream stream, String type) {
             this.stream = stream;
-            try{ 
+            try {
                 String log = System.getProperty("netbeans.user") + "/var/log/solr.log." + type;
                 File outputFile = new File(log.concat(".0"));
                 File first = new File(log.concat(".1"));
                 File second = new File(log.concat(".2"));
-                if(second.exists())
+                if (second.exists()) {
                     second.delete();
-                if(first.exists())
+                }
+                if (first.exists()) {
                     first.renameTo(second);
-                if(outputFile.exists())
+                }
+                if (outputFile.exists()) {
                     outputFile.renameTo(first);
-                else
+                } else {
                     outputFile.createNewFile();
+                }
                 out = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
 
-            } catch(Exception ex){
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
                 logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to create solr log file", ex);
             }
         }
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ class Server {
         public void run() {
             InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream);
             BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
-            try{
+            try {
                 OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(out);
                 BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(osw);
                 String line = null;
@@ -153,14 +156,20 @@ class Server {
      * (probably before the server is ready) and doesn't check whether it was
      * successful.
      */
-    synchronized void start() {
+    void start() {
         logger.log(Level.INFO, "Starting Solr server from: " + solrFolder.getAbsolutePath());
         try {
-            Process start = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(javaPath + " -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=mysecret -jar start.jar", null, solrFolder);
+            curSolrProcess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(javaPath + " -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=mysecret -jar start.jar", null, solrFolder);
-
+            try {
+                //block, give time to fully stary the process
+                //so if it's restarted solr operations can be resumed seamlessly
+                Thread.sleep(3000);
+            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+                Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
+            }
             // Handle output to prevent process from blocking
-            (new InputStreamPrinterThread(start.getInputStream(), "input")).start();
+            (new InputStreamPrinterThread(curSolrProcess.getInputStream(), "input")).start();
-            (new InputStreamPrinterThread(start.getErrorStream(), "error")).start();
+            (new InputStreamPrinterThread(curSolrProcess.getErrorStream(), "error")).start();
 
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException(ex);
@@ -172,13 +181,18 @@ class Server {
      * 
      * Waits for the stop command to finish
      * before returning.
-     * @return  true if the stop command finished successfully, else false
      */
-    synchronized boolean stop() {
+    synchronized void stop() {
         try {
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Stopping Solr server from: " + solrFolder.getAbsolutePath());
+            //try graceful shutdown
             Process stop = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(javaPath + " -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=mysecret -jar start.jar --stop", null, solrFolder);
-            return stop.waitFor() == 0;
+            stop.waitFor();
+            //if still running, forcefully stop it
+            if (curSolrProcess != null) {
+                curSolrProcess.destroy();
+                curSolrProcess = null;
+            }
 
         } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
             throw new RuntimeException(ex);
@@ -217,7 +231,7 @@ class Server {
         return true;
     }
     /**** Convenience methods for use while we only open one case at a time ****/
-    private Core currentCore = null;
+    private volatile Core currentCore = null;
 
     synchronized void openCore() {
         if (currentCore != null) {
@@ -236,13 +250,6 @@ class Server {
         serverAction.putValue(CORE_EVT, CORE_EVT_STATES.STOPPED);
     }
 
-    synchronized Core getCore() throws SolrServerException {
-        if (currentCore == null) {
-            throw new SolrServerException("No currently open Core!");
-        }
-        return currentCore;
-    }
-
     /**** end single-case specific methods ****/
     /**
      * Open a core for the given case
@@ -255,6 +262,106 @@ class Server {
         return this.openCore(DEFAULT_CORE_NAME, new File(dataDir));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * commit current core if it exists
+     * @throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException
+     */
+    synchronized void commit() throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        currentCore.commit();
+    }
+
+    NamedList<Object> request(SolrRequest request) throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        return currentCore.request(request);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute query that gets only number of all Solr documents indexed
+     * without actually returning the documents
+     * @return int representing number of indexed files
+     * @throws SolrServerException 
+     */
+    public synchronized int queryNumIndexedFiles() throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+
+        SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery("*:*");
+        q.setRows(0);
+        return (int) query(q).getResults().getNumFound();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute solr query
+     * @param sq query
+     * @return query response
+     * @throws SolrServerException
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException 
+     */
+    public synchronized QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        return currentCore.query(sq);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute solr query
+     * @param sq the query
+     * @param method http method to use
+     * @return query response
+     * @throws SolrServerException
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException 
+     */
+    public synchronized QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq, SolrRequest.METHOD method) throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        return currentCore.query(sq, method);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute Solr terms query
+     * @param sq the query
+     * @return terms response
+     * @throws SolrServerException
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException 
+     */
+    public synchronized TermsResponse queryTerms(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        QueryResponse qres = currentCore.query(sq);
+        return qres.getTermsResponse();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute Solr query to get content text
+     * @param content to get the text for
+     * @return content text string
+     * @throws SolrServerException
+     * @throws NoOpenCoreException 
+     */
+    public synchronized String getSolrContent(final Content content) throws SolrServerException, NoOpenCoreException {
+        if (currentCore == null) {
+            throw new NoOpenCoreException();
+        }
+        return currentCore.getSolrContent(content);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * factory method to create ingester
+     * @return ingester
+     */
+    public Ingester getIngester() {
+        return new Ingester();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Open a new core
      * @param coreName name to refer to the core by in Solr
@@ -300,25 +407,39 @@ class Server {
             }
         }
 
-        public Ingester getIngester() {
+        private QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException {
-            return new Ingester(this.solrCore);
-        }
-
-        public synchronized QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException {
             return solrCore.query(sq);
         }
 
-        public synchronized QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq, SolrRequest.METHOD method) throws SolrServerException {
+        private NamedList<Object> request(SolrRequest request) throws SolrServerException {
+            try {
+                return solrCore.request(request);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not issue Solr request. ", e);
+                throw new SolrServerException("Could not issue Solr request", e);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        private QueryResponse query(SolrQuery sq, SolrRequest.METHOD method) throws SolrServerException {
             return solrCore.query(sq, method);
         }
 
-
+        private TermsResponse queryTerms(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException {
-        public synchronized TermsResponse queryTerms(SolrQuery sq) throws SolrServerException {
             QueryResponse qres = solrCore.query(sq);
             return qres.getTermsResponse();
         }
 
-        public synchronized String getSolrContent(final Content content) {
+        private void commit() throws SolrServerException {
+            try {
+                solrCore.commit();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not commit index. ", e);
+                throw new SolrServerException("Could not commit index", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private String getSolrContent(final Content content) {
             final SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery();
             q.setQuery("*:*");
             q.addFilterQuery("id:" + content.getId());
@@ -347,7 +468,7 @@ class Server {
          * @return int representing number of indexed files
          * @throws SolrServerException 
          */
-        public synchronized int queryNumIndexedFiles() throws SolrServerException {
+        private int queryNumIndexedFiles() throws SolrServerException {
             SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery("*:*");
             q.setRows(0);
             return (int) query(q).getResults().getNumFound();

KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/TermComponentQuery.java

@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
     protected List<Term> executeQuery(SolrQuery q) {
         List<Term> termsCol = null;
         try {
-            Server.Core solrCore = KeywordSearch.getServer().getCore();
+            Server solrServer = KeywordSearch.getServer();
-            TermsResponse tr = solrCore.queryTerms(q);
+            TermsResponse tr = solrServer.queryTerms(q);
             termsCol = tr.getTerms(TERMS_SEARCH_FIELD);
             return termsCol;
+        } catch (NoOpenCoreException ex) {
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing the regex terms query: " + termsQuery, ex);
+            return null;  //no need to create result view, just display error dialog
         } catch (SolrServerException ex) {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing the regex terms query: " + termsQuery, ex);
             return null;  //no need to create result view, just display error dialog
@@ -154,15 +157,20 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName) {
+    public KeywordWriteResult writeToBlackBoard(String termHit, FsContent newFsHit, String listName) throws NoOpenCoreException {
         final String MODULE_NAME = KeywordSearchIngestService.MODULE_NAME;
 
         //snippet
         String snippet = null;
         try {
             snippet = LuceneQuery.querySnippet(KeywordSearchUtil.escapeLuceneQuery(termHit, true, false), newFsHit.getId(), true, true);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } 
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error querying snippet: " + termHit, e);
+        catch (NoOpenCoreException e) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error querying snippet: " + termHit, e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error querying snippet: " + termHit, e);
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
             bba = newFsHit.newArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_KEYWORD_HIT);
             writeResult = new KeywordWriteResult(bba);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error adding bb artifact for keyword hit", e);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error adding bb artifact for keyword hit", e);
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -212,16 +220,15 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
             writeResult.add(attributes);
             return writeResult;
         } catch (TskException e) {
-            logger.log(Level.INFO, "Error adding bb attributes for terms search artifact", e);
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Error adding bb attributes for terms search artifact", e);
         }
 
         return null;
 
     }
 
-  
     @Override
-    public Map<String, List<FsContent>> performQuery() {
+    public Map<String, List<FsContent>> performQuery() throws NoOpenCoreException{
         Map<String, List<FsContent>> results = new HashMap<String, List<FsContent>>();
 
         final SolrQuery q = createQuery();
@@ -237,13 +244,18 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
 
             LuceneQuery filesQuery = new LuceneQuery(queryStr);
             try {
-                Map<String,List<FsContent>> subResults = filesQuery.performQuery();
+                Map<String, List<FsContent>> subResults = filesQuery.performQuery();
-                Set<FsContent>filesResults = new HashSet<FsContent>();
+                Set<FsContent> filesResults = new HashSet<FsContent>();
                 for (String key : subResults.keySet()) {
                     filesResults.addAll(subResults.get(key));
                 }
                 results.put(term.getTerm(), new ArrayList<FsContent>(filesResults));
-            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            } 
+            catch (NoOpenCoreException e) {
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing Solr query,", e);
+                throw e;
+            }
+            catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error executing Solr query,", e);
             }
 
@@ -253,7 +265,6 @@ public class TermComponentQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
         return results;
     }
 
-   
     @Override
     public void execute() {
         SolrQuery q = createQuery();