You can use QueryParser.escape(s) if you want to keep the ? and brackets and whatever. Or you could remove them.
One technique is to parse the query as supplied and catch the ParseException, remove any special characters and resubmit the query. See http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_0_2/queryparsersyntax.html#Escaping%20Special%20Characters for a list of special characters. -- Ian. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Celso Fontes <cels...@gmail.com> wrote: > How escape a question like (version 3.0.2): > > "What is the role of Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) > in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)?" > > Exception in thread "main" > org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException: Cannot parse 'What is > the role of Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) in cerebral > amyloid angiopathy (CAA)?': '*' or '?' not allowed as first character > in WildcardQuery > > thanks, > celso > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
