Hibernate Search in Action [Paperback]

Emmanuel Bernard (Author), John Griffin B.A (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 2009

Enterprise and web applications require full-featured, "Google-quality" search capabilities, but such features are notoriously difficult to implement and maintain. Hibernate Search builds on the Lucene feature set and offers an easyto- implement interface that integrates seamlessly with Hibernate-the leading data persistence solution for Java applications.

Hibernate Search in Action introduces both the principles of enterprise search and the implementation details a Java developer will need to use Hibernate Search effectively. This book blends the insights of the Hibernate Search lead developer with the practical techniques required to index and manipulate data, assemble and execute search queries, and create smart filters for better search results. Along the way, the reader masters performance-boosting concepts like using Hibernate Search in a clustered environment and integrating with the features already in your applications.

This book assumes you're a competent Java developer with some experience using Hibernate and Lucene.

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About the Author

Emmanuel Bernard joined the Hibernate team in 2003 and is now the lead developer of Hibernate Annotations and Hibernate EntityManager, two key projects on top of the Hibernate core implementing the Java Persistence specification. He has also led the Hibernate Search project from its inception, reconciling the two fields. Emmanuel has been involved in ORM and Full Text search and is a regular speaker at various conferences and JUGs, including JavaOne, JBoss World, and Javapolis (Javoxx). He is also involved in the Java Community Process as a specification lead for JSR 303 (Bean Validation) and as an expert group member for JSR 317 (Java Persistence 2.0).

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications; 1 edition (January 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933988649
• ISBN-13: 978-1933988641
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #581,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, January 9, 2009

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Oren Eini "Ayende Rahien" (Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hibernate Search in Action (Paperback)

I just finished reading Hibernate Search in Action, and I loved it. I should point out that I was the porter of Hibernate Search to NHibernate Search, so I had some previous expertise in the topic. In addition to that, I approached this book at an angle completely orthogonal to the expected audience. Unlike most "in Action" books, I did not intend to make immediate use of the code and approaches suggested in the book. Instead, I looked to the book as a way to deepen my understanding of the tool and how it works.

I am impressed, massively so, that it did so well in this regard for someone who has gone through the entire source code of the project several times.

I'll not bore you with the actual details, you can get the actual content summary of off the site. From my perspective, after reading this book I know that I am going to take a completely different approach for most complex search scenarios, and I think that I have the practical theoretical knowledge to deal with it.

I highly recommend the book if you actually need to deal with Hibernate Search, but I would recommend it to people who are not using it, because it contains some important eye opening concepts if you are not used to full text search tools capabilities. As a nice bonus, I was able to take the information in the book and use it to discuss a problem the customer was having, ending up with something that I consider far superior of the solution that they currently employ.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, December 29, 2010

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jel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hibernate Search in Action (Paperback)

The content is nicely organized and I started to work right away with www.netbox.fi.

I really like the book.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, May 30, 2009

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Wojciech Gruszczyk (Poland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hibernate Search in Action (Paperback)

This book is really good. It Shows, sometimes complex, mechanisms of hibernate search in a very straightforward way. I like it very much and I think that it's worth it's price. Again it tourned out that american book written by Americans is far more informative than any other book or manual. KISS rule is used all along the book therefore reading is a pleasure.
Greetings,
Wojtek