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Posted to solr-user@lucene.apache.org by "McGibbney, Lewis John" <Le...@gcu.ac.uk> on 2011/02/11 14:40:03 UTC

Alternative to Solrj

Hi list,

I have been looking at an alternative UI config displaying retrieved results from Solr after a query has been passed. At this point, I am not interested in Solrj as all I wish to change is the default responseWriter (line 1007 of Solrconfig). I've also noticed a snippet of default CSS code included in /conf/xslt/example.xsl and understand that all response writers are located in $SOLR_HOME/src/java/org/apache/solr/request and that the default is XSLTResponseWriter.java.
Basically I wish to keep code for the search UI as simple as possible (ideally write a simple JSP and CSS ), however I now find that this configuration is proving slightly more confusing in practice. My thinking is as follows, write own responseWriter, include within it my CSS template then specify the responseWriter in solrconfig along with the java class. Can anyone advise me on this from their own experiences.

Thank you

Lewis

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RE: Alternative to Solrj

Posted by "McGibbney, Lewis John" <Le...@gcu.ac.uk>.
Hi Erik,

This sounds much more like it. I have had a look at the wiki and it sounds like a logical approach to UI customisation. Thank you for this
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From: Erik Hatcher [erik.hatcher@gmail.com]
Sent: 11 February 2011 14:12
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Re: Alternative to Solrj

Sounds like you just described the VelocityResponseWriter.  On trunk (or 3.x I believe), try out http://localhost:8983/solr/browse and look at what makes that tick.

        Erik

On Feb 11, 2011, at 08:40 , McGibbney, Lewis John wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have been looking at an alternative UI config displaying retrieved results from Solr after a query has been passed. At this point, I am not interested in Solrj as all I wish to change is the default responseWriter (line 1007 of Solrconfig). I've also noticed a snippet of default CSS code included in /conf/xslt/example.xsl and understand that all response writers are located in $SOLR_HOME/src/java/org/apache/solr/request and that the default is XSLTResponseWriter.java.
> Basically I wish to keep code for the search UI as simple as possible (ideally write a simple JSP and CSS ), however I now find that this configuration is proving slightly more confusing in practice. My thinking is as follows, write own responseWriter, include within it my CSS template then specify the responseWriter in solrconfig along with the java class. Can anyone advise me on this from their own experiences.
>
> Thank you
>
> Lewis
>
> Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474
>
> Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009.
> http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html
>
> Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners.
> http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html

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Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html

Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html

Re: Alternative to Solrj

Posted by Erik Hatcher <er...@gmail.com>.
Sounds like you just described the VelocityResponseWriter.  On trunk (or 3.x I believe), try out http://localhost:8983/solr/browse and look at what makes that tick.

	Erik

On Feb 11, 2011, at 08:40 , McGibbney, Lewis John wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I have been looking at an alternative UI config displaying retrieved results from Solr after a query has been passed. At this point, I am not interested in Solrj as all I wish to change is the default responseWriter (line 1007 of Solrconfig). I've also noticed a snippet of default CSS code included in /conf/xslt/example.xsl and understand that all response writers are located in $SOLR_HOME/src/java/org/apache/solr/request and that the default is XSLTResponseWriter.java.
> Basically I wish to keep code for the search UI as simple as possible (ideally write a simple JSP and CSS ), however I now find that this configuration is proving slightly more confusing in practice. My thinking is as follows, write own responseWriter, include within it my CSS template then specify the responseWriter in solrconfig along with the java class. Can anyone advise me on this from their own experiences.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Lewis
> 
> Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474
> 
> Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009.
> http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html
> 
> Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners.
> http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html

FW: Alternative to Solrj

Posted by "McGibbney, Lewis John" <Le...@gcu.ac.uk>.
Only a thought, but maybe a better approach to me finding a solution would be for someone to explain the process undertaken by Solr after a query has been passed and how results are displayed. Hopefully this would enable me to think more laterally about how I may implement my ideas. It would be my intention to implement a search box on every results page, which would then enable users to recursively search if this was required.

Again, any help would be appreciated
________________________________________
From: McGibbney, Lewis John [Lewis.McGibbney@gcu.ac.uk]
Sent: 11 February 2011 13:40
To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
Subject: Alternative to Solrj

Hi list,

I have been looking at an alternative UI config displaying retrieved results from Solr after a query has been passed. At this point, I am not interested in Solrj as all I wish to change is the default responseWriter (line 1007 of Solrconfig). I've also noticed a snippet of default CSS code included in /conf/xslt/example.xsl and understand that all response writers are located in $SOLR_HOME/src/java/org/apache/solr/request and that the default is XSLTResponseWriter.java.
Basically I wish to keep code for the search UI as simple as possible (ideally write a simple JSP and CSS ), however I now find that this configuration is proving slightly more confusing in practice. My thinking is as follows, write own responseWriter, include within it my CSS template then specify the responseWriter in solrconfig along with the java class. Can anyone advise me on this from their own experiences.

Thank you

Lewis

Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474

Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html

Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html

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Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474

Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html

Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners.
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html