: It could be a useful request handler ? Giving a field, with a perhaps, but as i said -- i think it requires more then just a special request handler, you want a special index as well.
FYI: there is an ongoing thread on this general topic on the java-user list, i didn't have the time/energy to follow it but the concepts discussed there might prove interesting for you (most of the people involved have spent a lot more time on problems like this then i have)... http://www.nabble.com/How-to-implement-AJAX-search%7ELucene-Search-part--tf3887286.html -Hoss
