KinoSearch::Docs::Tutorial::FieldType - Specify per-field properties and behaviors.
The KinoSearch code base has been assimilated by the Apache Lucy project. The "KinoSearch" namespace has been deprecated, but development continues under our new name at our new home: http://lucy.apache.org/
The Schema we used in the last chapter specifies three fields:
my $type = KinoSearch::Plan::FullTextType->new( analyzer => $polyanalyzer, ); $schema->spec_field( name => 'title', type => $type ); $schema->spec_field( name => 'content', type => $type ); $schema->spec_field( name => 'url', type => $type );
Since they are all defined as "full text" fields, they are all searchable -- including the
url field, a dubious choice. Some URLs contain meaningful information, but these don't, really:
We may as well not bother indexing the URL content. To achieve that we need to assign the
url field to a different FieldType.
Instead of FullTextType, we'll use a StringType, which doesn't use an Analyzer to break up text into individual fields. Furthermore, we'll mark this StringType as unindexed, so that its content won't be searchable at all.
my $url_type = KinoSearch::Plan::StringType->new( indexed => 0 ); $schema->spec_field( name => 'url', type => $url_type );
To observe the change in behavior, try searching for
us_constitution both before and after changing the Schema and re-indexing.
For a taste of other FieldType possibilities, try turning off
stored for one or more fields.
my $content_type = KinoSearch::Plan::FullTextType->new( analyzer => $polyanalyzer, stored => 0, );
stored for either
url mangles our results page, but since we're not displaying
content, turning it off for
content has no effect -- except on index size.
Analyzers play a crucial role in the behavior of FullTextType fields. In our next tutorial chapter, KinoSearch::Docs::Tutorial::Analysis, we'll see how changing up the Analyzer changes search results.
Copyright 2008-2011 Marvin Humphrey
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