Hi Adriano, Ahhh !!! Good point...Thanks a ton for the quick response.
Kannan ________________________________ From: Adriano Crestani <adrianocrest...@gmail.com> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 7:31:20 PM Subject: Re: Is the new Lucene Query parser framework compatibility with older lucene versions ? Hi Kannan, contrib-queryparser code is not compatible with 2.4 release because it uses the Attribute API, which was only introduced in 2.9. Regards, Adriano Crestani On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:44 PM, kannan chandrasekaran <ckanna...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a question regarding the new Lucene query parser framework in the > contribs project. > > My company's project is running on top of 2.4.0 release of Lucene. I am > trying to evaluate the new query parser framework that was added to the > contribs project in the Lucene 2.9.0 release and looks like it might fit our > needs. Due to some custom additions done to the core Lucene code base, we > are currently unable to upgrade to the latest stable release. > > My questions: > 1) Is it possible to use the contrib query parser framework with lucene > 2.4.0 release ? I know the documentation hints such compatibility ( > http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_0_1/api/contrib-queryparser/index.html) > but wanted to confirm the same. > 2) Has anybody tried doing this before ? If yes, can you please let me know > if there is anything I should be aware of while attempting this ? > 3) Since its lot more flexible than the default query parser, is there a > chance it would replace the query parser in the Lucene core ? If yes , any > known timelines ? > > Kindly help me with these questions. > > Thanks > Kannan > > > >
