I can't think of a way you can use serialization, since lucene only works with strings.
-----Original Message----- From: Tricia Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:30 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: Storing HashMap as an UnIndexed Field Do you think there is anyway that I could use the serialization already built into the HashMap data structure? On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Mordo, Aviran (EXP N-NANNATEK) wrote: > You can store the values as a coma separated string (which then you'll > need to parse manually back to a HashMap) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tricia Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 3:14 PM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Storing HashMap as an UnIndexed Field > > Hi, > > I'd like to store a HashMap for some extra data to be used when a > given document is retrieved as a Hit for a query. To add an UnIndexed > Field to an index takes only Strings as parameters. Does anyone have > any suggestions on how I might convert the HashMap to a String that is > efficiently recomposed into the desired HashMap on the other end? > > Thanks, > Tricia > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]