Re: Lucene thoughts

One option would be to add an abstract class Indexable to the core that all
modules who want to be searched can used.  Inside a doIndex method we get
the data that allows this module object to be indexed.  What do you guys
think?

-Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Schmidt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: [jl-volunteers] Lucene thoughts


> Team,
>     I was thinking some about how to enable searching throughout JLCP
> and allowing each new module that is dropped in to also be searched.
> One thing we need is that each HibernateDAO needs to have an abstract
> method, getAllData() which returns a list of all the data for that
> model.  That's a start.  From there, we still need to know how to index
> everything.  Each item will be unique.  Do we try to just index and
> search certain things, with an indexer for each module?  For example, we
> have to search a different field for content in links and forums and
> calendars.  How do we deal with that?  Our biggest issue is enabling the
> system to search all modules, not just the core.  I would love to hear
> everyone's thoughts on this.
>
> -Matt
>
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