Wiki source code of Lucene Search Query Help

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4 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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7 = Terms =
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9 A query is broken up into terms and operators. There are two types of terms: Single Terms and Phrases.
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11 * A Single Term is a single word such as "test" or "hello".
12 * A Phrase is a group of words surrounded by double quotes such as "hello dolly".
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15 Multiple terms can be combined together with Boolean operators to form a more complex query (see below).
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18 = Wildcard Searches =
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20 Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches within single terms (not within phrase queries).
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22 * To perform a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol.
23 * To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.
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25 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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27 {{code}}
28 te?t
29 {{/code}}
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31 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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33 {{code}}
34 test*
35 {{/code}}
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37 You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term.
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39 {{code}}
40 te*t
41 {{/code}}
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43 {{warning}}
44 Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.
45 {{/warning}}
46
47 = Boolean Operators =
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49 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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51 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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53 To search for documents that contain either "jakarta apache" or just "jakarta" use the query:
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55 {{code}}
56 "jakarta apache" jakarta
57 {{/code}}
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59 or
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61 {{code}}
62 "jakarta apache" OR jakarta
63 {{/code}}
64
65 == AND ==
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67 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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69 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" and "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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71 {{code}}
72 "jakarta apache" AND "Apache Lucene"
73 {{/code}}
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75 == + ==
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77 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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79 To search for documents that must contain "jakarta" and may contain "lucene" use the query:
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81 {{code}}
82 +jakarta lucene
83 {{/code}}
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85 == NOT ==
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87 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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89 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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91 {{code}}
92 "jakarta apache" NOT "Apache Lucene"
93 {{/code}}
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95 Note: The NOT operator cannot be used with just one term. For example, the following search will return no results:
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97 {{code}}
98 NOT "jakarta apache"
99 {{/code}}
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101 == - ==
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103 The "-" or prohibit operator excludes documents that contain the term after the "-" symbol.
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105 To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not "Apache Lucene" use the query:
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107 {{code}}
108 "jakarta apache" -"Apache Lucene"
109 {{/code}}
110
111 == Grouping ==
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113 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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115 To search for either "jakarta" or "apache" and "website" use the query:
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117 {{code}}
118 (jakarta OR apache) AND website
119 {{/code}}
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121 This eliminates any confusion and makes sure you that website must exist and either term jakarta or apache may exist.
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123 == Field Grouping ==
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125 Lucene supports using parentheses to group multiple clauses to a single field.
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127 To search for a title that contains both the word "return" and the phrase "pink panther" use the query:
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129 {{code}}
130 title:(+return +"pink panther")
131 {{/code}}
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133 = Escaping Special Characters =
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135 Lucene supports escaping special characters that are part of the query syntax. The current list special characters are
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137 {{code}}
138 + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
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141 To escape these character use the before the character. For example to search for (1+1):2 use the query:
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143 {{code}}
144 \(1\+1\)\:2
145 {{/code}}
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147 = Searchable fields =
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149 XWiki documents contain wiki content and meta-information, lucene indexes such information in fields.
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151 == wiki ==
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153 In a wiki farm you can specify a wiki to search in with the "wiki:" prefix.
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155 Look for the word "test" in the wiki "mywiki":
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157 {{code}}
158 test AND wiki:mywiki
159 {{/code}}
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161 == title ==
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163 Look for documents with title "Welcome to your wiki":
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165 {{code}}
166 title:"Welcome to your wiki"
167 {{/code}}
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169 == name ==
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171 Look for documents named "WebHome":
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173 {{code}}
174 name:WebHome
175 {{/code}}
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177 == lang ==
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179 Look for "Voila" in french documents :
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181 {{code}}
182 Voila AND lang:fr
183 {{/code}}
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185 == type ==
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187 Type of a document: "attachment", "wikipage" or "objects", used to control presentation of searchresults.
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189 Look for "test" in attachments :
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191 {{code}}
192 test AND type:attachment
193 {{/code}}
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195 == filename ==
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197 Look for attachments with a filename starting by "test":
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199 {{code}}
200 filename:test*
201 {{/code}}
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203 == object ==
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205 The "object:" prefix allow to search for pages containing objects from a specific class.
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207 Look for comments containing the word "test":
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209 {{code}}
210 test AND object:XWiki.XWikiComments
211 {{/code}}
212
213 == author ==
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215 Look for documents last modified by XWiki.Admin:
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217 {{code}}
218 author:XWiki.Admin
219 {{/code}}
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221 == date ==
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223 Date format: yyyyMMddHHmm
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225 Look for documents last modified on 2009/07/08:
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227 {{code}}
228 date:20090708*
229 {{/code}}
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231 == creator ==
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233 Look for documents created by XWiki.Admin:
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235 {{code}}
236 creator:XWiki.Admin
237 {{/code}}
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239 == creationdate ==
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241 Date format: yyyyMMddHHmm
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243 Look for documents created on 2009/07/08:
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245 {{code}}
246 creationdate:20090708*
247 {{/code}}

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