: If the current handlers remain as is (no change in config), What is : the best way to enable handlers (especially new ones) to read : arbitrary xml configuration?. The only possible solution is to use : XPath which I see as very cumbersome.
the init params for request handlers were never ment to be the end all be all of configuration -- request handlers with non trivial configuration needs can always load any config file format they want from any file they want using SolrResourceLoader.openConfig. -Hoss