private synchronized void save() {
    myDir.mkdirs();

    Properties props = new Properties();

    props.setProperty(KIND_KEY, myKind.toString());
    props.setProperty(ID_KEY, myRepositoryId);
    props.setProperty(PATH_OR_URL_KEY, myRepositoryPathOrUrl);
    props.setProperty(INDEX_VERSION_KEY, CURRENT_VERSION);
    if (myUpdateTimestamp != null)
      props.setProperty(TIMESTAMP_KEY, String.valueOf(myUpdateTimestamp));
    if (myDataDirName != null) props.setProperty(DATA_DIR_NAME_KEY, myDataDirName);
    if (myFailureMessage != null) props.setProperty(FAILURE_MESSAGE_KEY, myFailureMessage);

    try {
      FileOutputStream s = new FileOutputStream(new File(myDir, INDEX_INFO_FILE));
      try {
        props.store(s, null);
      } finally {
        s.close();
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      MavenLog.LOG.warn(e);
    }
  }
  public MavenIndex(MavenIndexerWrapper indexer, File dir, IndexListener listener)
      throws MavenIndexException {
    myIndexer = indexer;
    myDir = dir;
    myListener = listener;

    Properties props = new Properties();
    try {
      FileInputStream s = new FileInputStream(new File(dir, INDEX_INFO_FILE));
      try {
        props.load(s);
      } finally {
        s.close();
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new MavenIndexException("Cannot read " + INDEX_INFO_FILE + " file", e);
    }

    if (!CURRENT_VERSION.equals(props.getProperty(INDEX_VERSION_KEY))) {
      throw new MavenIndexException("Incompatible index version, needs to be updated: " + dir);
    }

    myKind = Kind.valueOf(props.getProperty(KIND_KEY));
    myRepositoryId = props.getProperty(ID_KEY);
    myRepositoryPathOrUrl = normalizePathOrUrl(props.getProperty(PATH_OR_URL_KEY));

    try {
      String timestamp = props.getProperty(TIMESTAMP_KEY);
      if (timestamp != null) myUpdateTimestamp = Long.parseLong(timestamp);
    } catch (Exception ignored) {
    }

    myDataDirName = props.getProperty(DATA_DIR_NAME_KEY);
    myFailureMessage = props.getProperty(FAILURE_MESSAGE_KEY);

    if (!getUpdateDir().exists()) {
      myUpdateTimestamp = null;
    }

    open();
  }