Fwd: Near without slop

[Paddy Clark <Pa...@grantadesign.com>]

This message didn't get a response on lucene-dev so I thought I would give 
it a try here .....

>OK I'm struggling .. how would I implement a NEAR operator, without using 
>phrases ?
>
>My current "NEAR" solution is to modify the query parser to build a 
>PhraseQuery from the terms surrounding NEAR and set the slop 
>correctly.  This works for this kind of query:
>
>Bob NEAR Jim
>
>The problem comes when I try
>
>microsoft NEAR app*
>
>to get microsoft near application, apple etc.
>
>app* is not a term so you cannot add it to a PhraseQuery.  The problem 
>also occurs with
>
>microsoft NEAR "Bill Gates"
>linux NEAR (unix AND bsd)
>
>and other combinations...
>
>Any pointers as to how to tackle this problem ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>P.
>--
>Patrick Clark
>Granta Design Limted


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