Our search client needs to render the current search information from a SolrQuery object. The existing SolrQuery.getSortFields() method returns an array of strings of the form "fieldname direction", which the client must parse itself. While this is not very difficult, it is orthogonal to the concept used for setting sort information, which is based on methods taking two parameters: fieldname and an enum indicating sort direction (SolrQuery.ORDER).
The issue is logged as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3926. I have created a patch with a new method "Map<String, ORDER> getSortFieldMap()". This method will parse the current search settings, and return a typed object which is easier to work with. The patch is created against the branch_4x code. It would be cool if a commiter could look at the issue and the code, and give some feedback, and hopefully promote the code into repository. If required, I will also create a similar patch for trunk. -- Eirik There is no high like a tango high There is no low like a tango low
