: > additional parens normally indicates that you are actually creating an : > extra layer of BooleanQueries (ie: a BooleanQuery with only one clause for
: look here, : parens will also be add is each term has a boost value larger than 1.0. i think you are missreading that code. the "needParens" variable adds parens arroudn the *entire* "this" BooleanQuery if "this" has a boost or a non 0 minShouldMatch value ... BooleanQuery.toString only adds parens arround individual clauses if those clauses are themselves boolean queries ... which is the point i was making. -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]