How do you intend to index these? Lucene will not
index objects for you. You have to break the object
down into a series of fields. At that point you can
substitute whatever you want.
Best
Erick
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 3:36 AM, <amar.sann...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Aaron Schon/EricK,
>
> That really make sense to me but it really seems easy if is the string
> object. See the object structure I have it below hopefully that gives you
> some idea
>
> class Recipe {
> @DocumentId
> Integer id;
> @IndexedEmbedded
> Chain chain;
> //gettter and setter
> }
>
> class Chain {
> @DocumentId
> Integer id;
> @Field(index = Index.TOKENIZED, name="chainName")
> String name;
> //getter and setter
> }
>
> I am creating index on the recipe object. and for some recipe.m_chain would
> be null. So can you tell me how do I assign the value "NULLNULNULLNULL" for
> object chain in recipe.
>
> I also was thinking if #FieldBridge help me this way. My plan was to have
> default value where chain is null as you mentioned. but it does not seems
> to
> work for null values.
>
> Please suggest
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -Amar
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Aaron Schon <aaron_sc...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I would second Erick's recommendation - create an arbitrary
> representation
> > for NULL such as "NULL" (if you are certain the term "NULL" does not
> occur
> > in actual docs. Alternatively, use "NULLNULNULLNULL" or something to that
> > effect.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com>
> > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:58:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: Lucene search problem
> >
> > Try searching the mailing list archives for a fuller discussion, but
> > the short answer is usually to index an unique value for your
> > "null" entries, then search on that, something totally
> > outrageous like, say AAABBBCCCDDDEEEFFF.
> >
> > Alternatively, you could create, at startup time, a
> > Filter of all the docs that *do* contain terms for the
> > field in question, flip the bits and use the Filter in your
> > searches. (Hint: see TermDocs/TermEnum)
> >
> > Best
> > Erick
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:11 AM, <amar.sann...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have problem with lucene search, I am quite new to this. Can some
> body
> > > help or just push me to who can please.
> > >
> > > Problem what I am facing we need search for object whose attribute
> > "chain"
> > > contaning null, but lucene does not help indexing the null values..
> > >
> > > how can I achieve this, or please guide me the alternative way of doing
> > > this.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > -Amar
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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