The API forbids use of any non-text format. The QueryResponseWriter's write() method can take only a Writer. So we cannot write any binary stream into that.
--Noble On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Walter Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python marshal format is worth a try. It is binary and can represent > the same data as JSON. It should be a good fit to Solr. > > We benchmarked that against XML several years ago and it was 2X faster. > Of course, XML parsers are a lot faster now. > > wunder > > > > On 2/21/08 10:50 AM, "Grant Ingersoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > XML can be a problem when it is really lengthy (lots of results, large > > results) such that a binary format could be useful in certain cases > > where we control both ends of the pipe (i.e. SolrJ.) I've seen apps > > that deal with really large files wrapped in XML where the XML parsing > > takes a significant amount of time as compared to a more compact > > binary format. > > > > I think it at least warrants profiling/testing. > > > > -Grant > > > > On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Noble Paul നോബിള് > > नोब्ळ् wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> The format over the wire is not of great significance because it gets > >> unmarshalled into the corresponding language object as soon as it > >> comes out > >> of the wire. I would say XML/JSON should meet 99% of the requirements > >> because all the platforms come with an unmarshaller for both of these. > >> > >> But,If it can offer good performance improvement it is worth trying. > >> --Noble > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:41 AM, alexander lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Doug Steigerwald wrote: > >>> > >>>> A few months back I wrote a YAML update request handler to see if we > >>>> could post documents faster than with XMl. We did see some small > >>>> speed improvements (didn't write down the numbers), but the hacked > >>>> together code was probably making it slower as well. Not sure if > >>>> there are faster YAML libraries out there either. > >>>> > >>>> We're not actually using it, since it was just a small proof of > >>>> concept type of project, but is this anything people might be > >>>> interested in? > >>>> > >>> > >>> Out of simple preference I would love to see a YAML request handler > >>> just because I like the YAML format. If its also faster than XML, > >>> then > >>> all the better. > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Alec > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> --Noble Paul > > > > -------------------------- > > Grant Ingersoll > > http://www.lucenebootcamp.com > > Next Training: April 7, 2008 at ApacheCon Europe in Amsterdam > > > > Lucene Helpful Hints: > > http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/BasicsOfPerformance > > http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/LuceneFAQ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- --Noble Paul
