Early Access Release #5 for Solr 4.x Deep Dive is now available for download on Lulu.com

[Jack Krupansky <ja...@basetechnology.com>]

Okay, it's hot off the e-presses: my updated book Solr 4.x Deep Dive, Early 
Access Release #5 is now available for purchase and download as an e-book 
for $9.99 on Lulu.com at:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jack-krupansky/solr-4x-deep-dive-early-access-release-1/ebook/product-21120181.html

(That link says "release-1", but it apparently correctly redirects to EAR 
#5.)

Summary of changes:

* Coverage of Real-time Get component

* Coverage of Terms Component

* Coverage of Term Vectors Component

* Coverage of Highlighting Component

* Round a decimal number. I added a JavaScript script for the 
StatelessScriptUpdate processor which takes an input field, a number of 
decimal digits (default is zero), an output field (defaults to replacing the 
input field), and an optional flag for whether the rounded decimal number 
should have its type changed to integer (default is to stay as a float 
decimal.) Handles multivalued fields.

* Append a field onto another field. This is just a use of the Clone and 
Concat update processors, using various delimiters. Also an example that 
uses the Ignore Field update processor to remove the source field after it 
has been appended.

* Map country code to continent code. This JavaScript script for the 
StatelessScriptUpdate processor can do the mapping in-place or output to 
another field. Option for case of output string (default is lower case). 
Handles multivalued fields. Unmappable input values are preserved as-is.

Total of 281 pages of additional content since EAR#4.

Please feel free to email or comment on my blog 
(http://basetechnology.blogspot.com/) for any questions or issues related to 
the book.

Thanks!

-- Jack Krupansky