then you'll need to index another field that records that intention, or
just "know" which fields are intended to be multiple.
Best
Erick
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:12 AM, agatone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yeah but if it happens that for a certain document field1 has only one
> value
> and in that case I can't know it is intended as a multiple. in that case
> adds.size() would be == 1 and it would look as normal field.
>
> What i need is to mark that field is intended to be multiple no matter if
> it
> contains 1 value or 10.
>
> I need this because my serach results are passed as JSON to other consumers
> and i have to tell them what's the structure.
>
>
> Erick Erickson wrote:
> >
> > No, no, no...
> >
> > Say you have the following
> > Document doc = new Document()
> > doc.add("field1", "stuff", blah, blah)
> > doc.add("field1", "more stuff", blah, blah)
> > doc.add("field1", "stuff and nonsense", blah, blah)
> > IndexWriter.addDocument(doc)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Now, in your search code that document comes up as a hit and you have
> > Field[] adds = doc.getFields("field1");
> >
> >
> > adds.size() should == 3
> >
> > whenever adds.size() > 1, you can know it has multiple entries....
> >
> > I wasn't suggesting that you ever add empty fields, and I don't think an
> > empty
> > add would even compile.
> >
> > Best
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM, agatone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> That sounds like abuse of Document.add() :)
> >> Ok, so adding first one extra "empty" value for every field i wish to
> >> mark
> >> as multi.
> >> Well if that ain't so wrong, I'll use that :)
> >>
> >> Ty
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Erick Erickson wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I *think* what you're looking for is Document.getFields(String field),
> >> > which returns a list corresponding to every Document.add() you did
> >> > originally.
> >> >
> >> > Alternatively, you could always index a companion field that had the
> >> > count of times you called Document.add() on a particular field.....
> >> >
> >> > Best
> >> > Erick
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM, agatone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> I know I can store multiple values under same field and I can later
> >> >> retrieve
> >> >> all those values. But the problem I have is a bit structure related.
> >> When
> >> >> I'm reading those fields (that usually have more than one value) it
> >> >> happens
> >> >> that it has only one value and I cannot know if that field is meant
> to
> >> >> have
> >> >> multiple values.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there a way (at indexing (creating fields)) to set that certain
> >> field
> >> >> is
> >> >> meant for multiple values, so that later when I'm searching and I get
> >> >> document/s hit, I can get from each field in it how to represent the
> >> hit.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you.
> >> >>
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