Is there a way to boost a token while querying? Example, in the following query +(DESC:sheets DESC:sheet), can the token 'sheets' be boosted and given higher precedence over 'sheet' so the results matching 'sheets ' appear before those for 'sheet'? I am using lucene 1.2. I tried using the boost factor for 'sheets' so the query would read: +(DESC:sheets^2.0 DESC:sheet), but that did not help.
I have read overriding getFieldQuery of QueryParser would help boost terms/tokens, but this is not available in lucene 1.2. Nor is the IndexSearcher's explain method. Any ideas on how this can be accomplished? Thanks.
