Hi, Im very new to Lucene - so sorry if my question seems pretty dumb.
In the application Im writing, I've been "struggling with myself" over whether I should be building up queries programatically, or using the Query Parser. My searchable fields are driven by meta-data, and I only want to support a few query types. It seems "cleaner" to build the queries up programatically rather than converting the query to a string and throwing it through the QueryParser. However, then we hit the problem that the QueryParser takes care of Analysing the search strings - so to do this we'd have to write some utility stuff to perform the analysis as we're building up the queries / terms. And then I think "might as well just use the QueryParser!". So here's what Im wondering (which probably sounds very dumb to experienced Lucene'rs): - Is there maybe some room for more utility classes in Lucene which make this easier? E.g: When building up a document, we don't have to worry about running content through an analyser - but unless we use QueryParser, there doesn't seem to be corresponding behaviour on the search side. - So, Im thinking some kind of factory / builder or something, where you can register an Analyser (possibly a per field wrapper), and then it is applied per field as the query is being built up programatically. Maybe this is just an "extraction" refactoring to take this behaviour out of QueryParser (which could delegate to it). The result could be that more users opt for a programatic build up of queries (because it's become easier to do..) rather than falling back on QueryParser in cases where it may not be the best choice. Sorry if I rambled too much :o) Dave This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
