it seems, hl.snippets does what I'm after, also discussed here: http://search-lucene.com/m/yxCOc1X0uY42/highlighting+multiple+occurrences&subj=highlighting+multiple+occurrences
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/*Highlighting*Parameters#hl.snippets<http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HighlightingParameters#hl.snippets> Dmitry On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Dmitry Kan <solrexp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm playing with the regex feature of highlighting in SOLR. The regex I > have is pretty simple and, given a keyword query, it hits in a few places > inside each document. > Is there a way of highlighting and returning individual fragments with > this approach? That is, if the matches are found let's say in the > beginning, middle and end parts of the document, then return only these > three groups inside a highlighter snippet? > > If there isn't such a functionality, do you know, what would it take to > implement one (solr/lucene 3.4)? > > Regards, > > Dmitry Kan >