Hibernate Search university: full-text search for Hibernate
Abstract
Search has become a fundamental tool not only for Web applications but also for internal and rich applications. Data should be found efficiently and fast. Solving this problem encompass both technical and user interaction design decisions. Plain old SQL search has reached its limits in a world where users are accustomed to full-text search.
This presentation will demonstrate a practical approach to expose your data via full-text search using Hibernate Search and Lucene. This demonstration will show you how the tools has been designed for simplicity and freedom and how it feels natural to an Hibernate user.
We will cover:
- what full-text search brings that plain SQL does not
- they key benefits and the architecture of Hibernate Search
- how to migrate an existing Hibernate application to use Hibernate Search
- how to use some of the most powerful full-text features like ngram and phonetic approximation
- various Hibernate Search scalability and clustering configurations
No prerequisite knowledge of Hibernate Search is needed.
