The custom Field type similar to RandomSortField is definitely the way to go over a custom component since it's much less invasive - then everything else like distributed search should work.
But see SOLR-1111... I'm in the process of converting Solr to use the new FieldComparatorSource. -Yonik http://www.lucidimagination.com On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Marc Sturlese <marc.sturl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey there, > > I want to implement a custom sort coding my own SortComparatorSource. The > sorter would sort the results doing some calculations of some document > attributes witch I have loaded previously from a DB at the solr core init. I > mean, I have a preloaded hash with some attributes per doc id and I want to > use them to implement the sorting. > I have considered two options: > > First would be to implement a custom field similar to the solr > RandomSortField and when search requests are done I would tell solr to sort > using this custom field. > > The other option would be to plug a component (wich would extend from > SearchComponent) and do the custom sort in the prepare method. > > Any advice witch is the most optimal way to do that? > > Thanks in advance. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Custom-sort-tp23722921p23722921.html > Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
