Thank you. I think I'll go for Lucene. Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Realizing a search functionality
> > AFAIK, Lucene indexes files. How then, do you index a dynamic site? > The only files that exist on a dynamic site are source code files. > Servlets would never be indexed...how then do you index the content > returned from the servlet? Can Lucene do this? > > The Lucene site is pretty sparse in information. Not having worked with > it, and not knowing every option available when using it, I think there > might be some other alternatives. I've used Verity in the past, but > that is a commercial product. The other tool I've used in the past to > great success is Atomz (http://www.atomz.com). The "trial" is > never-ending, so an index of up to 500 "pages" is free. Pages also = > URL. The nice thing about Atomz is that it will spider your site and > index the content returned, thus it works quite well for dynamic sites. > > In other words, it will take a URL like > "http://your.domain.com/content.jsp?id=512&view=full"; and index the > content returned from that, not the actual text string of the URL. > > The only requirement is that you display the Atomz logo on the search > results page. You can pay a small annual fee to have that removed. All > indexes and collections are kept on the Atomz site, not yours, and you > can define the stylesheet and template that is used to display the > search results, as well as define the frequency of indexing. > > John > > Schalk wrote: > > Marco > > > > You may to have a look at Lucene (OpenSource Jakarata project) at: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/docs/index.html > > > > Kind Regards > > Schalk Neethling > > Volume4.Development.Multimedia.Branding > > emotionalize.conceptualize.visualize.realize > > Tel: +27125468436 > > Fax: +27125468436 > > email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: www.volume4.co.za > > > > > > :: -----Original Message----- > > :: From: Marco Tedone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > :: Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:32 AM > > :: To: Tomcat Users List > > :: Subject: [OT] Realizing a search functionality > > :: > > :: Hi, I must admit that I don't know anything about how to realize a search > > :: functionality. The only thing that I know is that most sites have a > > search > > :: functionality which, when searching for something, return a list of links > > :: more or less involved in the search string. > > :: > > :: The only things I know are: > > :: > > :: 1) An index of the web site contents should be created somehow > > :: 2) The search 'action' (I'm talking in Struts terms, but I think it could > > be > > :: anything) should interact with this index to match the required string > > :: 3) A list (which form does it assume) containing all the links related to > > :: the query string should be created, eventually read and displayed to the > > :: client > > :: > > :: Did anyone of you realized succesfully a search functionality in its > > site? > > :: Could you please address me towards some good software (possibly > > :: open-source, possibly Jakarta, possibly java-oriented) and patterns to > > use > > :: to realize a search functionality? > > :: > > :: Many thanks, > > :: > > :: Marco > > :: > > :: > > :: > > :: > > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > :: To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > :: For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
