The way we implemented the same scenario is zipping all the attachments into a single zip file which can be passed to the ExtractingRequestHandler for indexing and included as a part of single Solr document.
Regards, Jayendra On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Gary Taylor <g...@inovem.com> wrote: > Hi, > > We're trying to use Solr to replace a custom Lucene server. One > requirement we have is to be able to index the content of multiple binary > files into a single Solr document. For example, a uniquely named object in > our app can have multiple attached-files (eg. Word, PDF etc.), and we want > to index (but not store) the contents of those files in the single Solr doc > for that named object. > > At the moment, we're issuing HTTP requests direct from ColdFusion and using > the /update/extract servlet, but can only specify a single file on each > request. > > Is the best way to achieve this to extend ExtractingRequestHandler to allow > multiple binary files and thus specify our own RequestHandler, or would > using the SolrJ interface directly be a better bet, or am I missing > something fundamental? > > Thanks and regards, > Gary. >
