directly communicate with solr with java

[Julian Davchev <jm...@drun.net>]

Hi,
I got solr setup working smoothly with tomcat and all.
In general the application I use solr for is php driven but I somehow
want to remove this extra roundtrip to php that is made when I call solr
from javascript.
So bottom line I'd like to change this:

JS -> tiny php(apache processed etc) -> solr (under tomcat)
to this
JS -> tiny java app(under tomcat) -> solr (under tomcat)  

Idea is I need some intermediate app that will process the request
params in a way it makes sense for my application.  And I think if going
to java application it will be way faster than php(apache) and then back
to java(tomcat).

Since I am noob in Java would like to know if there are some tutorials
or something how I can achieve all this.
Also would like to hear your opinion if this will really speed things up
for me.

Cheers

Re: directly communicate with solr with java

[Giovanni De Stefano <gi...@gmail.com>]

Hello Julian,

perhaps you are looking for Solrj:

http://wiki.apache.org/solr/Solrj

http://fisk.stjernesludd.net/archives/2-Using-Solrj-A-short-guide-to-getting-started-with-Solrj.html

Cheers,
Giovanni


On 3/22/09, Julian Davchev <jm...@drun.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I got solr setup working smoothly with tomcat and all.
> In general the application I use solr for is php driven but I somehow
> want to remove this extra roundtrip to php that is made when I call solr
> from javascript.
> So bottom line I'd like to change this:
>
> JS -> tiny php(apache processed etc) -> solr (under tomcat)
> to this
> JS -> tiny java app(under tomcat) -> solr (under tomcat)
>
> Idea is I need some intermediate app that will process the request
> params in a way it makes sense for my application.  And I think if going
> to java application it will be way faster than php(apache) and then back
> to java(tomcat).
>
> Since I am noob in Java would like to know if there are some tutorials
> or something how I can achieve all this.
> Also would like to hear your opinion if this will really speed things up
> for me.
>
> Cheers
>