Hey..
If I am indexing ModelA and ModelB and I want to search both of them,
I usually just pick one arbitrarily and use it for #multi_search.
Is there a slicker pattern, regarding from which model to invoke
#multi_search? Can it be invoked directly from the Ferret library?
Has anyone put together some sort of "dummy" search class?
acts_as_ferret is storing one index per model. That is why you need
the multi_search method. However, Ferret does not need to store
separate indexes per model. acts_as_ferret is using a so-called
MultiSearcher, see
http://ferret.davebalmain.com/api/classes/Ferret/Search/MultiSearcher.html
to access several indexes at once to search them all. So yes, you
can use Ferrets own MultiSearcher to access all indexes you need
at once. However, acts_as_ferret may change the way the index is
stored in the future, so if you mix acts_as_ferret and 'standard' ferret
API calls, you might have a problem with future versions of AAF.
So if you don't have a specific reason to use your own MultiSearcher,
you shouldn't do it :-) What do you want to achieve?
Gruss
Ben
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