SolrRestClient?

Thanks,
Aditya


On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM Gus Heck <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think the "single" is needed on SingleUrlSolrClient? URL is
> singular anyway
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM Jason Gerlowski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Oh, I'm surprised - I wasn't really trying to comment on the existence
> > of a base abstraction (or not).  In a way that's an independent
> > question from whether we want to keep the "Http"-prefix around.
> >
> > I really liked your PR #3829, fwiw.  And even if we decide that
> > "Http-" should go away eventually, we needn't do that in this PR or
> > even for 10.0.  It may make sense to wait before acting on
> > that...particularly if we don't have an alternative that we all love
> > yet (which seems to be the case).
> >
> > ----
> >
> > I like "DirectSolrClient" from a naming perspective fwiw.  IMO it does
> > a good job of signaling the low-level-ness of these clients: they're
> > "just" sending requests without any of the layered-on logic that our
> > other clients offer.
> >
> > I'd also make another pitch for "SingleUrlSolrClient".  David's
> > reintroduction of "HttpSolrClient" in #3829 really highlights IMO that
> > the one thing all of these "Http-" clients have in common is their
> > single-URL-ness.  ('getBaseUrl' is essentially the only method offered
> > in the "base abstraction" in that PR).  Yes, "requestWithBaseUrl"
> > exists, but that's very much the "exception" rather than the normal
> > case.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM David Smiley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Those are some good names Jan. However, all clients can talk to any
> > number
> > > of cores/collections merely by adding its name to an overloaded method
> > > (which I don't like BTW, alas), so that kind of rules out
> CoreSolrClient.
> > > And these clients can actually talk to whatever URL via
> > requestWithBaseUrl.
> > >
> > > I think I prefer to actually take no action here in the end.  They
> don't
> > > need a base abstraction beyond SolrClient.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM Jan Høydahl <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > CoreSolrClient - Emphasizes it works with a single core/collection,
> > and it
> > > > is also the core of the other clients
> > > > DirectSolrClient - Direct endpoint access
> > > >
> > > > Jan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 6. nov. 2025 kl. 21:48 skrev David Smiley <[email protected]>:
> > > > >
> > > > > Let's remove it.  Well, I mean, not add it back :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM Jason Gerlowski <
> > [email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>> I'm lukewarm with "SimpleSolrClient"
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Fair enough - it's just there by way of example. If we agreed that
> > the
> > > > >> "Http"-prefix was worth reconsidering, I'm sure the group could
> > arrive
> > > > >> at *something* we like better.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> I think HttpSolrClient is a fine name too,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I guess that's where I'm lost.  What do you like about the prefix?
> > > > >> Are there benefits or things you like about it beyond the fact
> that
> > it
> > > > >> has inertia?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> To my mind it conveys 0 bits of information.  But maybe I'm
> missing
> > > > >> something...
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM David Smiley <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I'm lukewarm with "SimpleSolrClient".  I like that it conveys no
> > > > >> additional
> > > > >>> value-add like SolrCloud awareness or load-balancing.  However
> the
> > JDK
> > > > &
> > > > >>> Jetty impls have some sophistication to their implementations,
> like
> > > > >> async.
> > > > >>> I think HttpSolrClient is a fine name too, plus users and LLMs
> have
> > > > >> already
> > > > >>> become quite aware of it ;-). I don't think it implies a lack of
> > SSL
> > > > >>> support.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> My only concern with bringing HttpSolrClient back (or adding
> > > > >>> SimpleSolrClient) is that it doesn't _really_ need to exist as a
> > base
> > > > >>> abstraction.  In my PR, it just exposes a URL getter.  So what;
> the
> > > > >> caller
> > > > >>> probably should have no need to call that any way.  It can be
> nice
> > in a
> > > > >>> test that wants to manually then use an HttpClient, but it could
> > just
> > > > as
> > > > >>> well have gotten that URL from Jetty test infra.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM Jason Gerlowski <
> > [email protected]
> > > > >
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> I was re-reading this thread in preparation to review the PR
> David
> > > > >>>> mentioned above, and had an interesting thought that hadn't
> > struck me
> > > > >>>> on previous readings.  I hate to bring in new ideas at the "11th
> > > > >>>> hour", but I'd also hate to leave it unsaid in case folks think
> > > > >>>> there's something there.  So, with my apologies, here goes.
> Feel
> > free
> > > > >>>> to ignore:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> an LLM that knows about
> > > > >>>>> HttpSolrClient's pervasiveness.    And who can blame any person
> > or
> > > > >> LLM
> > > > >>>> for
> > > > >>>>> using such an obvious name like that.  What a great name!
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> ...
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> "HttpSolrClient" (a great-name)
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> ...
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>> the desirable class name "HttpSolrClient"
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> HttpSolrClient is a much better name to expose to folks than
> many
> > of
> > > > >>>> the current options (Http2SolrClient, HttpJdkSolrClient, etc.),
> > which
> > > > >>>> I think is mostly what David was trying to convey in those
> quotes
> > > > >>>> above.  But is it *really* desirable in a general sense?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> The "Http-" prefix was (AFAICT) chosen at a time when it was
> > necessary
> > > > >>>> to distinguish these clients from "EmbeddedSolrServer" (which
> > relied
> > > > >>>> on a local SolrCore and didn't send any network traffic).  But
> 10+
> > > > >>>> years on from that decision the "Http" signifier makes much less
> > sense
> > > > >>>> IMO.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Today, the common-thread running through our "Http" SolrClients
> is
> > > > >>>> that (1) they use a single base URL and (2) don't layer on any
> of
> > the
> > > > >>>> additional logic found in other implementations.  At best, the
> > "Http"
> > > > >>>> signifier is disconnected from that commonality and does nothing
> > to
> > > > >>>> convey it.  At worst, it's actively misleading: "Oh, I guess
> > these are
> > > > >>>> the only clients that use HTTP then", "Oh, I guess it only
> > supports
> > > > >>>> HTTP and not HTTPS"
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> It'd be a bigger departure, but while we're renaming the clients
> > is it
> > > > >>>> worth considering something without the "Http" prefix
> altogether?
> > Say,
> > > > >>>> "SingleUrlSolrClient" or "SimpleSolrClient" or something along
> > those
> > > > >>>> lines?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Apologies again for bringing this up, and so late at that.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Best,
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Jason
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM David Smiley <[email protected]
> >
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Some progress: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/3829
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> I think the org.apache.solr.client.solrj package should be used
> > for
> > > > >> not
> > > > >>>>> only SolrClient (it's there now) but for HttpSolrClient (now
> that
> > > > >> it's
> > > > >>>>> abstract & simple), but also CloudSolrClient.  It's debatable
> > what
> > > > >>>> belongs
> > > > >>>>> in "impl"; I don't love that package name TBH.  But the classes
> > > > >>>>> in org.apache.solr.client.solrj should be chosen conservatively
> > > > >> since we
> > > > >>>>> have a rich set of sub-packages to organize most things.  Thus
> > > > >> *only* the
> > > > >>>>> most foundational things that otherwise have no obvious home
> > belong
> > > > >> in
> > > > >>>>> org.apache.solr.client.solrj.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
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