How about this: <field name="abc" type="custom"> <property name="xyz">value</property> </field>
It generally would be better to keep the attribute space clean and make it very clear you are doing something unique to this field. On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Renaud Delbru <renaud.del...@deri.org> wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > On 10/09/10 16:11, Charlie Jackson wrote: >> >> Have you already explored the idea of using a custom analyzer for your >> field? Depending on your use case, that might work for you. > > Yes, I have thought of that, or even extending field type. But this does not > work for my use case, since I can have multiple fields of a same type > (therefore with the same field type, and same analyzer), but each one of > them needs specific information. Therefore, I think the only "nice" way to > achieve this is to have the possibility to add attributes to any field > definition. > > cheers > -- > Renaud Delbru > -- Lance Norskog goks...@gmail.com