Full-Text Search in Jakarta EE with Apache Lucene

Full-text search is a technique used to search a full-text database against user queries, as opposed to searching just the metadata or fixed sets of keywords.

This allows for more complex and flexible search criteria and returns results that are more contextually relevant to the query.

Apache Lucene is a high-performance, scalable library for full-text search and indexing. It offers a robust set of features like advanced text parsing, ranking algorithms, and various types of queries out of the box. Lucene’s Java-based architecture makes it easy to integrate with Jakarta EE applications, providing a powerful toolset for adding sophisticated search capabilities.

The goal of this guide is to provide a quick introduction to integrating Apache Lucene into a Jakarta EE application for full-text search capabilities.