From: Jacob Quinn Shenker <jqshenker@...>
Date: 2005-10-21T12:13:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ferret 0.1.0 (Port of Java Lucene) released

Whoa. Very cool. Thanks, David!
Jacob
On 10/20/05, David Balmain <dbalmain.ml@gmail.com> wrote:> 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>>