Short answer: Yes, you can deploy a Solr cluster and write an application that talks to it without writing any Java (but it may be PHP or Python or.... unless that application is you typing telnet my-solr-server 8983 ....)
Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack Repenning <jrepenn...@collab.net> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 6:28:31 PM > Subject: Testing the limits of non-Java Solr > > What's the probability that I can build a non-trivial Solr app without > writing >any Java? > > I've been planning to use Solr, Lucene, and existing plug-ins, and sort of >hoping not to write any Java (the app itself is Ruby / Rails). The dox (such >as >http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ) seem encouraging. [I *can* write Java, but >my >planning's all been "no Java."] > > I'm just beginning the design work in earnest, and I suddenly notice that it >seems every mail thread, blog, or example starts out Java-free, but somehow >ends up involving Java code. I'm not sure I yet understand all these >snippets; >conceivably some of the Java I see could just as easily be written in another >language, but it makes me wonder. Is it realistic to plan a sizable Solr >application without some Java programming? > > I know, I know, I know: everything depends on the details. I'd be interested >even in anecdotes: has anyone ever achieved this before? Also, what are the >clues I should look for that I need to step into the Java realm? I >understand, >for example, that it's possible to write filters and tokenizers to do stuff >not >available in any standard one; in this case, the clue would be "I can't find >what I want in the standard list," I guess. Are there other things I should >look for? > > -==- > Jack Repenning > Technologist > Codesion Business Unit > CollabNet, Inc. > 8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 600 > Brisbane, California 94005 > office: +1 650.228.2562 > twitter: http://twitter.com/jrep > > > > > > > > > >
