Lucene: Understanding the Principles and Practical Implementation
1. Background Introduction
Lucene is an open-source search engine library written in Java. It was initially developed by Doug Cutting and is now maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. Lucene is widely used for various search applications, including enterprise search, web search, and mobile search. This article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Lucene's principles and practical implementation.
1.1 Brief History of Lucene
Lucene was first developed by Doug Cutting in 1999 as a search engine for his personal website. In 2000, Cutting released Lucene as an open-source project under the Apache Software License. The project quickly gained popularity, and in 2002, it was moved to the Apache Software Foundation. Since then, Lucene h