The feature is not in 0.2.0 it is in 0.2.1 and 0.3.0. Here's the issue.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BLUR-258 I haven't pushed a 0.2.1 website for documentation yet. But the basics are create your type from FieldTypeDefinition or one of the other FTD classes by extending them. Then to use the custom type, you can either add your custom type to the entire cluster or per table. For Cluster Wide For cluster wide configuration you will need to add the new field types into the blur-site.properties file on each server. blur.fieldtype.customfield1=org.apache.blur.analysis.type.ExampleType1 blur.fieldtype.customfield2=org.apache.blur.analysis.type.ExampleType2 ... Please note that the prefix of "blur.fieldtype." is all that is used from the property name because the type gets it's name from the internal method of "getName". However the property names will need to be unique within the file. For Single Table For a single table configuration you will need to add the new field types into the tableProperties map in the TableDescriptor as you define the table. tableDescriptor.putToTableProperties("blur.fieldtype.customfield1", "org.apache.blur.analysis.type.ExampleType1"); tableDescriptor.putToTableProperties("blur.fieldtype.customfield2", "org.apache.blur.analysis.type.ExampleType2"); ... Please note that the prefix of "blur.fieldtype." is all that is used from the property name because the type gets it's name from the internal method of "getName". However the property names will need to be unique within the map. Aaron On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Colton McInroy <[email protected]>wrote: > I noticed in the source the following column types are documented... > > /** > * The field type for the column. The built in types are: > * <ul> > * <li>text - Full text indexing.</li> > * <li>string - Indexed string literal</li> > * <li>int - Converted to an integer and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>long - Converted to an long and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>float - Converted to an float and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>double - Converted to an double and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>stored - Not indexed, only stored.</li> > * </ul> > */ > > When I was looking at blur-query/src/main/java/org/**apache/blur/analysis/ > **BaseFieldManager.java I came across this though... > > # grep addColumnDefinition blur-query/src/main/java/org/** > apache/blur/analysis/**BaseFieldManager.java > addColumnDefinition(family, name, null, > getDefaultMissingFieldLessInde**xing(), getDefaultMissingFieldType(), > public boolean addColumnDefinition(String family, String columnName, > String subColumnName, boolean fieldLessIndexed, > public void addColumnDefinitionGisPointVec**tor(String family, String > columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > SpatialPointVectorStrategyFiel**dTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionGisRecursiv**ePrefixTree(String family, > String columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > SpatialRecursivePrefixTreeStra**tegyFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, > public void addColumnDefinitionDate(String family, String columnName, > String format) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > DateFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, props); > public void addColumnDefinitionInt(String family, String columnName) > throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > IntFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionLong(String family, String columnName) > throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > LongFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionFloat(**String family, String > columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > FloatFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionDouble(**String family, String > columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > DoubleFieldTypeDefinition.**NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionString(**String family, String > columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > StringFieldTypeDefinition.**NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionText(String family, String columnName) > throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, false, > TextFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > public void addColumnDefinitionTextFieldLe**ss(String family, String > columnName) throws IOException { > addColumnDefinition(family, columnName, null, true, > TextFieldTypeDefinition.NAME, null); > > I am wondering how to specify these. I would like to programmatically set > column types in certain situations, and I would like to be able to use the > Date column type. Which I have been meaning to ask about.... > > What is the best way to store a timestamp? What format, column type, > etc... I'm guessing the Date column type, but I do not know how to set it > right now. I noticed that the client (Iface object) has a > addColumnDefinition, but it has different parameters than the above > addColumnDefinition, and it's missing all of the ones for the different > column types. > > I have one additional field type I would like to see, which is one for IP > addresses... > > * <li>date - Converted to a date and indexing.</li> > * <li>text - Full text indexing.</li> > * <li>string - Indexed string literal</li> > * <li>int - Converted to an integer and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>long - Converted to an long and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>float - Converted to an float and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>double - Converted to an double and indexed numerically.</li> > * <li>ip - Converted to a InetAddress and indexed numerically.</li> > > -- > Thanks, > Colton McInroy > > * Director of Security Engineering > > > Phone > (Toll Free) > _US_ (888)-818-1344 Press 2 > _UK_ 0-800-635-0551 Press 2 > > My Extension 101 > 24/7 Support [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Website http://www.dosarrest.com > >
