I found the information in the Lucene in Action book (probably should look there first next time :).
Using Document.setBoost(float f) is the way to go. Rgrds, Thomas On 4/18/06, TDLN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to boost a Document in the Index if it meets a certain > condition. The condition itself is not part of the index. Documents > that meet the condition should always have a higher boost than > Documents that don't meet the condition. > > For instance I have a metadata property x that is added at Parse time. > The property is not indexed itself, but when it is found in the > IndexingFilter, the Document should get a higher Boost than Documents > for which the property is empty. > > How would I go about realizing this. In my IndexingFilter, I could > call Document.setBoost(float f). Could I use this method? What would > be a sensible value? > > Rgrds, Thomas > > D-SEN Software Engineering - www.dsen.nl > -- D-SEN Software Engineering - www.dsen.nl
