https://lloydroc.github.io/tags/lucene/Recent content in Lucene on Lloyd Rochester's Geek BlogHugoenCopyright © 2025, Lloyd Rochester.Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:53:31 +0000https://lloydroc.github.io/post/java/lucene_lower_case_whitespace_analyzer/Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:53:31 +0000https://lloydroc.github.io/post/java/lucene_lower_case_whitespace_analyzer/<h1 id="hahahugoshortcode77s0hbhb">User Name Search with Apache Lucene</h1> <p>I wanted to use Apache Lucene to search User Names. It&rsquo;s definitely not straightforward. This post explains how to do it by defining our own custom <code>Analyzer</code> and explaining how we form the <code>Document</code>, index the user names and query with a <code>PrefixQuery</code>.</p> <p>First of all if you&rsquo;re using Apache Lucene you&rsquo;re my type of person! It&rsquo;s an awesome project, but the documentation and examples are severely lacking.</p>