I suspect guarantee that if you have a large index (actually, not that
large), you'll find yourself dealing with TooManyClauses exceptions. Look at
the thread in this list titled "I just don't get wildcards at all" for a
discussion of wildcards and applicable strategies. "The guys" explained a
lot
I believe Lucene's QueryParser doesn't allow you to specify a leading wildcard.
However, the WildcardQuery class does allow leading wildcard queries, such as
"*technology". This is probably the easiest way to get around this.
You do have other options that can specify a wildcard search, such as
