Ultimately, what I'd like is something like Hibernate Search or like
Compass GPS (http://www.opensymphony.com/compass/content/about.html) but
leveraging Solr's features. That ability to transition back and forth
between object and index record would be really elegant but I
<b>need</b> those extras that Solr brings to a Lucene index.
Here is an old verison of solrj that connects to Hibernate similar to
Compass GPS...
http://solrstuff.org/svn/solrj-hibernate/
It is out of date and references some classes that did not make it into
the official solrj release, but it is worth a look.
ryan