Mark, A good way to get your changes/improvements into Solr is by putting them in JIRA. Please see http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute
Thanks! Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mark Allan <mark.al...@ed.ac.uk> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 4:04:29 AM > Subject: Re: how to create a custom type in Solr > > I see you have the exact same requirements I did and have also hit the same >problem I did a month-or-so ago. I ended up writing a custom field type >based >on solr.schema.PointType and making some very minor modifications to one of >the >Solr classes (AbstractSubfieldType) to allow the field a certain degree of >repeatability without affecting existing functionality. > > I offered my modifications to the list but no-one seemed interested. Let me >know if you want the code and a walkthrough of what it does. > > Mark > > On 7 Aug 2010, at 3:36 am, Lance Norskog wrote: > > > Use OR between multiple ranges. > > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Thomas Joiner <thomas.b.joi...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> This will work for a single range. However, I may need to support multiple > >> ranges, is there a way to do that? > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Jan Høydahl / Cominvent < > >> jan....@cominvent.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Your use case can be solved by splitting the range into two int's: > >>> > >>> Document: {title: My document, from: 8000, to: 9000} > >>> Query: q=title:"My" AND (from:[* TO 8500] AND to:[8500 TO *]) > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jan Høydahl, search solution architect > >>> Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com > >>> Training in Europe - www.solrtraining.com > >>> > >>> On 6. aug. 2010, at 17.02, Thomas Joiner wrote: > >>> > >>>> I need to have a field that supports ranges...for instance, you specify a > >>>> range of 8000 to 9000 and if you search for 8500, it will hit. However, > >>>> when googling, I really couldn't find any resources on how to create your > >>>> own field type in Solr. > >>>> > >>>> But from what I was able to find, the AbstractSubTypeFieldType class > >>> seems > >>>> like a good starting point for the type that I want to make, however >that > >>>> isn't in the current version of Solr that I am using (1.4.1). So I guess > >>> my > >>>> question is: is Solr 3.0 ready for production? If so, how do I get it? > >>> Do I > >>>> just need to checkout the code from svn and build it myself? If so > >>> should I > >>>> just check out the latest, or is there a particular branch that I should > >>> go > >>>> with that is reliable? If I switch to 3.0, will I need to reindex my > >>> data, > >>>> or has the data format not changed? > >>>> > >>>> And if 3.0 isn't ready for production, what would you suggest I do? Is > >>> the > >>>> AbstractSubTypeFieldType such that I can backport it and use it with > >>> 1.4.1, > >>>> or does it use specific features of 3.0 that I would have to backport as > >>>> well, in which case it would become a horribly convoluted mess where I > >>> would > >>>> be better off just going with 3.0. And I guess this comes back to help > >>> on > >>>> finding resources about implementing custom types...it would just be more > >>>> complicated if I couldn't use the AbstractSubTypeFieldType. > >>>> > >>>> (This is my first time posting to a mailing list, so if I have violated > >>>> horribly some etiquette of mailing lists, please tell me). > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Thomas > > > --The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > >
