Hi Steve,

In case of span queries, the span first query can specify the start of the
span, is it possible to specify the term [not the position] indicating the
end of the span ?

-- Regards
Ba3


Steven A Rowe wrote:
> 
> Hi ba3,
> 
> Check out the list of "Direct Known Subclasses" from the SpanQuery
> javadocs to see what's available:
> 
> http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_1/api/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/SpanQuery.html
> 
> SpanRegexQuery may be what you're looking for:
> 
> http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_1/api/org/apache/lucene/search/regex/SpanRegexQuery.html
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ba3 [mailto:sbadhrin...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:53 PM
>> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Multiline Regex with Lucene
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Thanks for the pointers. I will try the span queries.
>> But can span query support regexp as a term ?
>> 
>> Also for more details in the problem :
>> The problem is like this:
>>         find a search string inside a block of statements.
>>         The block starts with a string and ends with a character.
>> 
>> -- Regards
>> Ba3
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Erick Erickson wrote:
>> >
>> > I doubt you're thinking in terms of tokens. Your inputstream is broken
>> up
>> > into tokens (think of them as words,
>> > depending upon the analyzer) and regex searchers are
>> > confined to those *tokens*. So the concept of a multi-line
>> > regex in a search is kind of ...odd...
>> >
>> > You could possibly index your input as UN_TOKENIZED, but
>> > I really have no clue what Lucene would do with that. I think
>> > you're off in uncharted territory here.
>> >
>> > Perhaps a better thing would be for you to explain *why* you
>> > want to do this and perhaps folks can come up with some
>> > suggestions, I suspect this may be an XY problem, see
>> > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341
>> >
>> > Best
>> > Erick
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:52 AM, ba3 <sbadhrin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I was trying to do a regex search with the lucene and
>> >> JavaUtilRegexCapabilities.
>> >> The code used is :
>> >> RegexQuery query = new RegexQuery(new
>> >> Term("contents","(?m)hello.*(\r[^#]*)This is to be
>> >> searched.*(\r[^#]*)#"));
>> >> query.setRegexImplementation(new JavaUtilRegexCapabilities());
>> >>
>> >> I verified the regex in : http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/  [with the
>> >> multi
>> >> line checked]
>> >> In lucene though there are no hits. Can you please point me in the
>> right
>> >> direction
>> >>
>> >> -- Rgds
>> >> Ba3
>> >>
>> >> Regex :
>> >> hello.*(\r[^#]*)This is to be searched.*(\r[^#]*)#
>> >>
>> >> Content :
>> >> hello world
>> >> This is to be searched
>> >> #
>> >> Test line should not be selected
>> >> hello
>> >> This should not work
>> >> some other lines
>> >> #
>> >> Not to be selected
>> >> hello world
>> >> Some lines
>> >> This is to be searched
>> >> Some lines
>> >> #
>> >> hello earth
>> >> some lines
>> >> #
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