Erik, The VelocityResponseWriter has solved a need by me: provide an interface that shows off an amount of the solr capability with queries close to a developer and a UI that you can mail to colleagues.
The out-of-the-box-ness is crucial here. Adjust the vm files was also crucial (e.g. to create links to the right resource). The VelocityResponseWriter also has a big advantage: it is a very tiny code so it is easy to adapt. How about making it an example or tutorial? paul PS: I'll note that I would prefer a "candid" jsp equivalent (I still do) but it was never available (one day I'll make one). Le 9 déc. 2011 à 22:30, Erik Hatcher a écrit : > So I thought that Solr having a decent HTML search UI out of the box was a > good idea. I still do. But it's been a bit of a pain to maintain > (originally it was a contrib module, then core, then folks didn't want it as > a core dependency, and now it is back as a contrib), and the UI has > accumulated a fair bit of cruft/ugliness as folks have tacked on "the kitchen > sink" into it compared to my idealistic generic (not specific to the example > data) lean and clean sensibilities. > > What should be done? Who actually cares about VRW or the /browse interface? > And if you do care, what do you like or dislike about it? And if you really > really care, patches welcome! ;) > > Perhaps, as I'm starting to feel in general about open source pet projects, > add-on's, "monkey patches" to open source software, it should be moved out of > Solr's repo altogether and maintained elsewhere (say my personal or Lucid's > github). > > I appreciate your candid thoughts on this. > > Erik >
