If you are only using filters and no Query (esp. pass an empty BooleanQuery to search()) it would return no documents. An empty BooleanQuery never returns result, so there is nothing to filter.
You have two possibilities: if there are no query clauses, add a MatchAllDocsQuery() to hit all and filter then. Or alternative: Just wrap all filters with ConstantScoreQuery() and add them to the BooleanClause as before, so all Filters get normal Queries and can used as your queries before, and leave BooleanFilter away. The only good thing of BooleanFilter is, that it optimizes the combining of multiple filters, so only one scorer is needed. By the way: A TermFilter around one term only is not effective, a TermQuery is better. Only if you add multiple terms to the Filter. Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Smith [mailto:ssm...@mainstreamdata.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:15 AM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Queries and Filters > > The last few versions of lucene have deprecated several of the > interfaces we were using and this is necessitating a fairly major > upgrade of our code (which hasn't had much done to it for several > years). I'm not complaining; the changes are probably necessary. > > > > In reading LIA2, I've learned about filters and realized that several of > the things we do with queries should probably be done with filters > (queries where the boost was set to 0.0 was the clue). But I'm having > trouble making them work. > > > > Currently, the code that builds the user's query calls several other > classes and "asks" if they want to add something to the query. These > classes return a BooleanClause if they do, null if they don't. The main > query code will add the BooleanClause to a BooleanQuery object (ignoring > null returns). The BooleanQuery object gets passed to the > Searcher.search() method. This works fine > > > > So, I did a similar thing for filters. That is, I created a routine > that called the classes and asks if they have a FilterClause they want > to contribute. If I get one back, then I add it to a BooleanFilter > object. The BooleanFilter gets passed to the Searcher.search() method > (unless no one contributes a BooleanFilter object; then the filter > passed is null). > > > > The first class I tried to migrate from providing a query to providing a > filter was the class that defined the categories of information the user > was interested in (it's called "sources" in the code). Unfortunately, > it doesn't work. Here's a snippet from the class: > > > > public BooleanClause getQuery() > > { > > if (!_doQuery) return null; > > > > ArrayList<String> sources = _optimizedSources; > > > > BooleanQuery bquery = new BooleanQuery(); > > for (int i = 0 ; i < sources.size() ; i++) > > { > > TermQuery tq = new TermQuery( > > new Term( LuceneField.SOURCES, > > sources.get(i).toLowerCase())); > > bquery.add(tq, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD); > > } > > bquery.setBoost(0.0f); > > > > return new BooleanClause(bquery, BooleanClause.Occur.MUST); > > } > > > > public FilterClause getFilter() > > { > > if (_doQuery) return null; > > > > ArrayList<String> sources = _optimizedSources; > > > > TermsFilter termFilter = new TermsFilter(); > > for (int i = 0 ; i < sources.size() ; i++) > > { > > Term t = new Term(LuceneField.SOURCES, > > sources.get(i).toLowerCase()); > > termFilter.addTerm(t); > > } > > > > return new FilterClause(termFilter, BooleanClause.Occur.MUST); > > } > > > > The _doQuery simply defines whether the sources are added to the query > or to the filter object(I added this simply for debugging). If _doQuery > is true, then everything works fine. If it is false (meaning the > getFilters() routine return a FilterClause), then the unit tests fail > (no hits are returned). The test case has a single source and in the > case where the filter is invoked, this FilterClause will be the only > thing added to the BooleanFilter. > > > > I've been staring at this code for two days and don't see what the issue > is. Based on my understanding, I thought these would provide the same > result. I'm probably missing something obvious or I don't understand > filters as well as I think I do. > > > > Can anyone suggest what the problem is? > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
