--- Leo Galambos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I understand you correctly, then maybe you are not aware of > > RemoteSearchable in Lucene. > > That class cannot be used in Merger. RemoteSearchable is a class that > allows you to pass a query to another node, nothing less and nothing > more > AFAIK.
What is Merger? Verb, noun, an IR concept, a name of the product or project? Merging of results from multiple searchers from multiple indices? > > This is the point that's more clear to me now. There is confusion > > about what Lucene is and what it is not. Lucene does not even try > to > > be what those services you mentioned are. Their goals are > different, > > they are a different set of tools. Lucene's focus is on indexing > text > > and searching it. It is not a tool to query other existing search > > I do not think so. It is all about the object model you use. If you > are > not able to solve the simplest case, how can you distribute the > engine > across the network? I do not mean the simple RMI gateways which > marshall > parameters and send them through a network pipe, I mean the true > system that could beat google (and it is another topic...). That is the difference between a simple library and a targeted application. > Moreover, I think that Lucene can do much more than you think Otis > :). > Egothor can do that, so why not Lucene? Yes, Lucene can do more than I think it can, why not. Maybe this is being done already...with Lucene... ;) Otis __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
