Wiki source code of Lucene Search Query Help

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6 Need more informations? See the [[lucene website>>http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html]]. More specifically look for the "Query Syntax" documentation entry for the Lucene Core version matching the version used in your XWiki installation (to find the version used by XWiki look for ##lucene-core-x.y.z.jar## in the XWiki's ##/WEB-INF/lib## folder. For example for XWiki Enterprise 2.6 uses Lucene Core 2.9.3 which means the Lucene Query Syntax can be found [[here>>http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_9_3/queryparsersyntax.html]].
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9 = Terms =
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11 A query is broken up into terms and operators. There are two types of terms: Single Terms and Phrases.
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13 * A Single Term is a single word such as "test" or "hello".
14 * A Phrase is a group of words surrounded by double quotes such as "hello dolly".
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17 Multiple terms can be combined together with Boolean operators to form a more complex query (see below).
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19
20 = Wildcard Searches =
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22 Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches within single terms (not within phrase queries).
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24 * To perform a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol.
25 * To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.
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27 The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced. For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search:
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29 {{code}}
30 te?t
31 {{/code}}
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33 Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search:
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35 {{code}}
36 test*
37 {{/code}}
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39 You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term.
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41 {{code}}
42 te*t
43 {{/code}}
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45 {{warning}}
46 Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.
47 {{/warning}}
48
49 = Boolean Operators =
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51 Boolean operators allow terms to be combined through logic operators. Lucene supports AND, "+", OR, NOT and "-" as Boolean operators(Note: Boolean operators must be ALL CAPS).
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53 The OR operator is the default conjunction operator. This means that if there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the OR operator is used. The OR operator links two terms and finds a matching document if either of the terms exist in a document. This is equivalent to a union using sets. The symbol || can be used in place of the word OR.
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55 To search for documents that contain either "jakarta apache" or just "jakarta" use the query:
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57 {{code}}
58 "jakarta apache" jakarta
59 {{/code}}
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61 or
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63 {{code}}
64 "jakarta apache" OR jakarta
65 {{/code}}
66
67 == AND ==
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69 The AND operator matches documents where both terms exist anywhere in the text of a single document. This is equivalent to an intersection using sets. The symbol && can be used in place of the word AND.
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71 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" and "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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73 {{code}}
74 "jakarta apache" AND "Apache Lucene"
75 {{/code}}
76
77 == + ==
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79 The "+" or required operator requires that the term after the "+" symbol exist somewhere in a the field of a single document.
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81 To search for documents that must contain "jakarta" and may contain "lucene" use the query:
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83 {{code}}
84 +jakarta lucene
85 {{/code}}
86
87 == NOT ==
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89 The NOT operator excludes documents that contain the term after NOT. This is equivalent to a difference using sets. The symbol ! can be used in place of the word NOT.
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91 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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93 {{code}}
94 "jakarta apache" NOT "Apache Lucene"
95 {{/code}}
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97 Note: The NOT operator cannot be used with just one term. For example, the following search will return no results:
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99 {{code}}
100 NOT "jakarta apache"
101 {{/code}}
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103 == - ==
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105 The "-" or prohibit operator excludes documents that contain the term after the "-" symbol.
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107 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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109 {{code}}
110 "jakarta apache" -"Apache Lucene"
111 {{/code}}
112
113 == Grouping ==
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115 Lucene supports using parentheses to group clauses to form sub queries. This can be very useful if you want to control the boolean logic for a query.
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117 To search for either "jakarta" or "apache" and "website" use the query:
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119 {{code}}
120 (jakarta OR apache) AND website
121 {{/code}}
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123 This eliminates any confusion and makes sure you that website must exist and either term jakarta or apache may exist.
124
125 == Field Grouping ==
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127 Lucene supports using parentheses to group multiple clauses to a single field.
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129 To search for a title that contains both the word "return" and the phrase "pink panther" use the query:
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131 {{code}}
132 title:(+return +"pink panther")
133 {{/code}}
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135 = Escaping Special Characters =
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137 Lucene supports escaping special characters that are part of the query syntax. The current list special characters are
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139 {{code}}
140 + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
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143 To escape these character use "\" (backslash) before the character. For example to search for (1+1):2 use the query:
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145 {{code}}
146 \(1\+1\)\:2
147 {{/code}}
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149 = Searchable fields =
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151 XWiki documents contain wiki content and meta-information. Lucene indexes such information in fields.
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153 == wiki ==
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155 In a wiki farm you can specify a wiki to search in with the "wiki:" prefix.
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157 Look for the word "test" in the wiki "mywiki":
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159 {{code}}
160 test AND wiki:mywiki
161 {{/code}}
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163 == title ==
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165 Look for documents with title "Welcome to your wiki":
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167 {{code}}
168 title:"Welcome to your wiki"
169 {{/code}}
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171 == name ==
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173 Look for documents named "WebHome":
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175 {{code}}
176 name:WebHome
177 {{/code}}
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179 == lang ==
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181 Look for "Voila" in french documents :
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183 {{code}}
184 Voila AND lang:fr
185 {{/code}}
186
187 == type ==
188
189 Type of a document: "attachment", "wikipage" or "objects", used to control presentation of searchresults.
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191 Look for "test" in attachments :
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193 {{code}}
194 test AND type:attachment
195 {{/code}}
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197 == filename ==
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199 Look for attachments with a filename starting by "test":
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201 {{code}}
202 filename:test*
203 {{/code}}
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205 == object ==
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207 The "object:" prefix allow to search for pages containing objects from a specific class.
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209 Look for comments containing the word "test":
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211 {{code}}
212 test AND object:XWiki.XWikiComments
213 {{/code}}
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215 == author ==
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217 Look for documents last modified by XWiki.Admin:
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219 {{code}}
220 author:XWiki.Admin
221 {{/code}}
222
223 == date ==
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225 Date format: yyyyMMddHHmm
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227 Look for documents last modified on 2009/07/08:
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229 {{code}}
230 date:20090708*
231 {{/code}}
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233 == creator ==
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235 Look for documents created by XWiki.Admin:
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237 {{code}}
238 creator:XWiki.Admin
239 {{/code}}
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241 == creationdate ==
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243 Date format: yyyyMMddHHmm
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245 Look for documents created on 2009/07/08:
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247 {{code}}
248 creationdate:20090708*
249 {{/code}}
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251 == Searching for fields in XWiki objects ==
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253 Beside Lucene's XWiki specific index fields, querying for documents based on the property values of contained XWiki objects is also possible.
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255 Look for the profile page of a user who's first name is 'Administrator'.
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257 {{code}}
258 XWiki.XWikiUsers.first_name:'Administrator'
259 {{/code}}

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