Based on your description, I would recommend Solr. It provides several features such as spelling suggestion, faceting etc. OOTB.
http://lucene.apache.org/solr/features.html should answer all your questions. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Frank A <fsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a bunch. > > Since I'm already inside a java based web application it would seem like > both SOLR and Lucene would be plausible. I'm curious what other factors I > should know about in determing if SOLR or Lucene is right for me. > > Can SOLR be used within a web application (as a library) or is it only a > standalone app. > > Frank > > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:33 PM, N Hira <nh...@cognocys.com> wrote: > >> Frank -- >> >> Lucene can definitely do this stuff. This review of the Query Syntax might >> offer you some insight: >> http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/queryparsersyntax.html >> >> Specifically, you can look up "Fuzzy Searches" and "Synonyms". There are a >> couple of key ways to handle synonyms, so you might want to prototype that >> before you settle on the approach you ultimately select. >> >> Be aware that Lucene is more of a "search library". If you're looking for >> a Web App. that can return XML or JSON, you might want to look into Solr, >> which uses Lucene, but offers a lot of the architecture you might need: >> http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> -h >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Frank A <fsa...@gmail.com> >> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org >> Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 6:20:41 PM >> Subject: Lucene Newbie Questions >> >> Hello all, >> I'm considering Lucene for a specific application and am trying to ensure >> that it is the right tool for what I'm trying to accomplish. >> >> At a high level I have a list of restaurants in a database and a list of >> tags related to the restaurant (e.g. Italian, Formal, Expensive, etc). >> Each >> restaurant also has a location (longitude/latitude). >> >> My primary goal using Lucene is to conduct searches where the user can do >> things like: >> >> - Misspell the name of the restaurant (by a few chars) >> - Type "Italian Food" instead of just Italian or perhaps "Great Italian" >> - Or even use some synonyms (e.g. Deli and Delicatessen) - of course I'd >> define these terms. >> >> Are these types of use cases something that can be done with Lucene? Or is >> there a more appropriate API that I haven't found? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
