Hi,
The solution you suggested will definitely work but will definitely slow down my search by an order of magnitude. The problem I am trying to solve is performance, thats why I need the collection of IDs and not the whole documents. - thanks for the prompt reply. is_maximum wrote: > > yes if you extend your class from HitCollector and override the collect() > mthod with following signature you can get IDs > > public void collect(int id, float score) > > On 8/2/07, makkhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Can I get just a list of document Ids given a search criteria ? To >> elaborate here is my situation: >> >> I store 20000 contracts in the file system index each with some >> parameterName and Value. Given a search criterion - (paramValue='draft'). >> I >> need to get just an ArrayList of Strings containing contract Ids. I dont >> need the lucene documents, just the Ids. >> >> Can this be done ? >> >> -thanks >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Getting-only-the-Ids%2C-not-the-whole-documents.-tf4204907.html#a11960750 >> Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Mohammad > -------------------------- > see my blog: http://brainable.blogspot.com/ > another in Persian: http://fekre-motefavet.blogspot.com/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Getting-only-the-Ids%2C-not-the-whole-documents.-tf4204907.html#a11961159 Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]