Lucene Index Searcher

This project is developed with Apache Lucene, a Java full-text search engine software library, for building a simple indexer and index searcher.

Environment

• Java: 15.0.2
• Lucene: 7.4.0

Setup Guide

• Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mohsenMahmoodzadeh/lucene-index-searcher.git

• Download java suitable for your machine from here. After installation, you can use the following command to check that java is installed correctly:

java --version
# you should see something like these outputs on your command line interface:

# java 15.0.2 2021-01-19
# Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 15.0.2+7-27)
# Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 15.0.2+7-27, mixed mode, sharing)

Download lucene 7.4.0 from here, unzip it and add these four .jar files to your project:

• lucene-core-7.4.0.jar: Lucene core library(located at lucene-7.4.0/core)
• lucene-demo-7.4.0.jar: Simple example code(located at lucene-7.4.0/demo)
• lucene-queryparser-7.4.0.jar: Query parsers and parsing framework(located at lucene-7.4.0/queryparser)
• lucene-analyzers-common-7.4.0.jar: Analyzers for indexing content in different languages and domains(located at lucene-7.4.0/analysis/common)

Usage Guide

Run main() method of Main.java, and enter the directories of data and index(the path you want to save).

Future Works

• Rewrite the project with PyLucene, a Python extension for accessing Java Lucene™.

Contributing

Fixes and improvements are more than welcome, so raise an issue or send a PR!