solr in javafx application instead of apache lucene

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I am making a search application using javafx . For indexing and searching i am using apache lucene . In place of lucene can is use apache solr .

What are the benefits of apache solr over apache lucene. Does solr provides its own indexing method or it uses lucene index for performing a search.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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Apache Solr is an search platform that runs on Servlet containers (such as Jetty, Tomcat) and uses Apache Lucene for indexing, so they are not the same thing.

You can think of Solr as more of a product or a ready to use system and Lucene as an engine/framework.

If you're looking to do indexing within your JavaFX application then you should stick to Apache Lucene, if you're considering a server-side approach to searching and indexing Solr could be an interesting idea.

You can check up more info and comparisons on Lucene and Apache at the following pages:

Lucene vs Solr

http://lucene.apache.org/solr/

Difference between solr and lucene

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answered Jul 11 '13 at 05:20

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Is solar compatible with Microsoft.net technologies also? – adesh singh Jul 11 '13 at 05:26
Solr itself runs only within the JVM but there are client Solr APIs for .NET - check http://wiki.apache.org/solr/IntegratingSolr – Rafael Oltra Jul 11 '13 at 05:33

solr in javafx application instead of apache lucene

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