Hi Folks,
I know there have been at least a few people looking for something like this
on the mailing list, so please check it out. It's a port of a Java project
so I'd particularly like to hear how I can make it more Ruby like. Enjoy!
Dave Balmain
== Description
Ferret is a full port of the Java Lucene searching and indexing library.
It's available as a gem so try it out! To get started quickly read the quick
start at the project homepage;
http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac/
== Quick (Very Simple) Example
require 'ferret'
include Ferret
docs = [
{ :title => "The Pragmatic Programmer",
:author => "Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt",
:tags => "Programming, Broken Windows, Boiled Frogs",
:published => "1999-10-13",
:content => "Yada yada yada ..."
},
{ :title => "Programming Ruby",
:author => "Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, Andy Hunt",
:tags => "Ruby",
:published => "2004-10-06",
:content => "Yada yada yada ..."
},
{ :title => "Agile Web Development with Rails",
:author => "Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt, Mike Clark,
Thomas Fuchs, Andreas Schwarz",
:tags => "Ruby, Rails, Web Development",
:published => "2005-07-13",
:content => "Yada yada yada ..."
},
{ :title => "Ruby, Developer's Guide",
:author => "Robert Feldt, Lyle Johnson, Michael Neumann",
:tags => "Ruby, Racc, GUI, FOX",
:published => "2002-10-06",
:content => "Yada yada yada ..."
},
{ :title => "Lucene In Action",
:author => "Otis Gospodnetic, Erik Hatcher",
:tags => "Lucene, Java, Search, Indexing",
:published => "2004-12-01",
:content => "Yada yada yada ..."
}
]
index = Index::Index.new()
docs.each {|doc| index << doc }
puts index.size
puts "\nFind all documents on ruby:-"
index.search_each("tags:Ruby") do |doc, score|
puts "Document <#{index[doc]["title"]}> found with a score of %0.2f" % score
end
puts "\nFind all documents on ruby published this year:-"
index.search_each("tags:ruby AND published: >= 2005") do |doc, score|
puts "Document <#{index[doc]["title"]}> found with a score of %0.2f" % score
end
puts "\nFind all documents by the Pragmatic Programmers:-"
index.search_each('author:("dave Thomas" AND "Andy hunt")') do |doc, score|
puts "Document <#{index[doc]["title"]}> found with a score of %0.2f" % score
end
