Hi, thanks for the tip. I noticed the XML stuff, but the trouble is I am taking a query string entered by a user such as "this OR that AND (this AND that)" so I'm not sure how to go from that to a representational AST parse tree...
> I believe there is a query parser that accepts queries formatted in XML, > allowing you to provide a parse tree to Solr; perhaps that would get you > the control you're after. > > -Mike > > On 05/31/2011 02:24 PM, dar...@ontrenet.com wrote: >> Hi, >> I want to write my own query expander. It needs to obtain the AST >> (abstract syntax tree) of an already parsed query string, navigate to >> certain parts of it (words) and make logical phrases of those words by >> adding to the AST - where necessary. >> >> This cannot be done to the string because the query logic cannot be >> semantically altered. (e.g. AND, OR, paren's etc) so it must be parsed >> first. >> >> How can this be done with SolrJ? >> >> thanks for any tips. >> Darren >> >> >> >
