There's another option. Using DIH with Solrj. Take a look at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-853
There's a patch there but it hasn't been updated to trunk. A contribution would be most welcome. On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Gunaranjan Chandraraju < chandrar...@apple.com> wrote: > Hi > I had earlier described my requirement of needing to 'post XMLs as-is' to > SOLR and have it handled just as the DIH would do on import using the > mapping in data-config.xml. I got multiple answers for the 'post approach' > - the top two being > > - Use SOLR CELL > - Use SOLRJ > > In general I would like to keep all the 'data conversion' inside the SOLR > powered search system rather than having clients do the XSL and transforming > the XML before sending them (CELL approach). > > My question is? How should I design this > - Tomcat Servlet that provides this 'post' endpoint. Accepts the XML over > HTTP, transforms it and calls SOLRJ to update. This is the same TOMCAT that > houses SOLR. > - SOLR Handler (Is this the right way?) > - Take this a step further and implement it as an extension to DIH - a > handler that will refer to DIH data-config xml and use the same > transformation. This way I can invoke an import for 'batched files' or do a > 'post 'for the same XML with the same data-config mapping being applied. > Maybe it can be a separate handler that just refers to the same > data-config.xml and not necessarily bundled with DIH handler code. > > Looking for some advise. If the DIH extension is the way to go then I > would be happy to extend it and contribute that back to SOLR. > > Regards, > Guna > -- Regards, Shalin Shekhar Mangar.
