You are certainly in the right place - Apache Solr (a search server built using Lucene) provides what you are looking for out of the box.
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Frank A <fsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm considering Lucene for a specific application and am trying to ensure > that it is the right tool for what I'm trying to accomplish. > > At a high level I have a list of restaurants in a database and a list of > tags related to the restaurant (e.g. Italian, Formal, Expensive, etc). Each > restaurant also has a location (longitude/latitude). > > My primary goal using Lucene is to conduct searches where the user can do > things like: > > - Misspell the name of the restaurant (by a few chars) > - Type "Italian Food" instead of just Italian or perhaps "Great Italian" > - Or even use some synonyms (e.g. Deli and Delicatessen) - of course I'd > define these terms. > > Are these types of use cases something that can be done with Lucene? Or is > there a more appropriate API that I haven't found? > > Thanks. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
