Thanks Ryan, I have created an UpdateHandler that adds documents to a store, based on a custom field type.
Now I would like to retrieve the document directly via a solr request, should this be done via a custom queryResponseWriter? -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan McKinley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 18 January 2008 12:37 PM > To: solr-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: solr plug-in - external document store > > You will either want to do something with a custom > RequestHandler, or plug into the UpdateRequestProcessor framework > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/UpdateRequestProcessor > > On the search/retrieval side, you will probably want to > implement a SearchComponent to fill in the stored fields: > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SearchComponent (wiki page > *way* out of date) > > Both of these are 1.3-dev features.... > > ryan > > > Ben Incani wrote: > > Hi Solr Developers, > > > > I would like to implement an external document storage system using > > Solr. > > > > Currently I am building lucene indexes with Solr and > creating a binary > > field, which is used to store a document. I would like to > extend this > > implementation by storing the document in an external > container system > > (independent of Solr) using a simple file system mechanism > or a more > > robust solution like Jackrabbit. > > > > Presently I am using Solr plug-ins to create additional > field types, > > which implement the binary storage system, but would like > to know what > > would be the best method to extend Solr to redirect insertions (add > > requests) to an external storage system? > > > > Regards, > > > > Ben > > > >