Hey everybody, I'll be giving a talk called "Apache Solr: Beyond the Box"
at ApacheCon this year, which will focus on the how/when/why of
writing Solr Plugins...
http://us.apachecon.com/c/acus2008/sessions/10
I've got several use cases I can refer to for examples, both from my day
job and from public projects (DIH, Local Solr, etc.) but I'm hoping to be
able to provide even broader examples of the types of "niche" plugins
people have written for specific purposes, and what their motivations
where for doing so (as opposed to doing alternate logic in their client).
If people would like to reply to this thread to share a little bit of
information about their experiences, that would be awesome -- in addition
to helping me write my slides, it would help other Solr users be aware of
what's possible (and help Solr developers be more aware of how our users
are taking advantage of the APIs).
If there are reasons why you can't publicly disclose the details of
how you are using Solr, but you wouldn't mind sharing some of the info
with me directly on the grounds that I keep you (and your company)
anonymous you can also feel free to email me directly.
-Hoss
