From:  http://incubator.apache.org/lucene.net/


Lucene.Net is a byte-to-byte port to .NET of Apache Lucene a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. See Apache Lucene web site for more information about Apache Lucene. 

Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene Microsoft .NET Framework.

search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing

Lucene.Net is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.

The incubation status is recorded at http://incubator.apache.org/projects/lucene.net.html

Lucene.Net sticks to the APIs and classes used in the original Java implementation of Lucene. The API names as well as class names are preserved with the intention of giving Lucene.Net the look and feel of the C# language and the .NET Framework. For example, the method Hits.length() in the Java implementation now reads Hits.Length() in the C# port.

In addition to the APIs and classes port to C#, the algorithm of Java Lucene is ported to C# Lucene. This means an index created with Java Lucene is back-and-forth compatible with the C# Lucene; both at reading, writing and updating. In fact a Lucene index can be concurrently searched and updated using Java Lucene and C# Lucene processes.

News

  • 23 April 2007 - Released Lucene.Net 2.0 "final" build 004 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 01 Feburary 2007 - Released WordNet.Net 2.0.0 build 001 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 29 January 2007 - Released SpellChecker.Net 2.0.0 build 001 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 08 January 2007 - Released Snowball.Net 2.0.0 "final" build 001 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 07 January 2007 - Released MSDN style Highlighter.Net 2.0 API documentation.
  • 07 January 2007 - Released Highlighter.Net 2.0 "final" build 001 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 27 December 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 2.0 "final" build 003 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 27 December 2006 - Released MSDN style Lucene.Net 2.0 API documentation.
  • 27 December 2006 - Released Highlighter.Net 2.0 "alpha" build 000 on SVN.
  • 27 November 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 2.0 "beta" build 002 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 27 November 2006 - Re-released Lucene.Net 1.9.1 "final" build 004 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 11 October 2006 - Re-released Lucene.Net 1.9.1 "final" build 003 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 11 October 2006 - Re-released Lucene.Net 1.9.0 "final" build 007 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 29 September 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 1.9.1 "final" build 002 on SVN and ZIP.
  • 29 September 2006 - Re-released Lucene.Net 1.9.0 "final" build 006 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 17 August 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 2.0 "alpha" build 001 on SVN.
  • 13 July 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 1.9.1 "beta" build 001 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 09 July 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 1.9 "final" build 005 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 13 June 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 1.9 RC1 build 004 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 03 June 2006 - Released Lucene.Net 1.9 RC1 build 003 on SVN and as ZIP.
  • 20 April 2006 - Added MSDN style Lucene.Net API 1.9 API documentation.
  • 13 April 2006 - The project has moved into the Apache incubator and is now open for the public, a necessary step towards becoming part of the Lucene Project.
  • 13 April 2006 - Lucene.Net is also referred to as DotLucene, dotLucene, and Lucene.NET. The project's official name is Lucene.Net.
  • 13 April 2006 - Lucene.Net is still available at its old home on SourceForge.Net but will no longer be maintained at SourcdeForge.Net.

Downloads

A source code release of the project is now under SVN and can be accessed here: Lucene.Net source.

SVN is the development release. A stable ZIP'ed release can be found here.

Documentation

There is an MSDN style API documentation generated via NDoc tool.

Development

The Lucene.Net project always welcomes new contributors. The project operates via its version control system, mailing lists, and issue tracker.

Active Committers

George Aroush george @ aroush.net

Version Control

Grab the current development version of Lucene.Net from its Subversion repository at trunk.

Mailing Lists

For development, discussion about the project occurs on its mailing list, lucene-net-dev @ incubator.apache.org, to subscribe, send a message to lucene-net-dev-subscribe @ incubator.apache.org.

For general usage, discussion about the project occurs on its mailing list, lucene-net-user @ incubator.apache.org, to subscribe, send a message to lucene-net-user-subscribe @ incubator.apache.org.

Commit notifications are sent to lucene-net-commits @ incubator.apache.org, to subscribe send a message to lucene-net-commits-subscribe @ incubator.apache.org.

Archives of the lists are available at:

Issue Tracking

Lucene.Net uses the ASF Jira installation for issue tracking. You can view open issues, create new ones, and see what issues we've fixed via the web interface at http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENENET.

Note that to create a new issue or comment on an existing one you'll have to sign up for an account.

 

REF:

http://incubator.apache.org/lucene.net/

http://searchblackbox.com/products/luca.net/index.html?ldn2