JBoss.org just released Hibernate Search 3.0, which brings full text search capabilities to Hibernate-based applications.
Key features in Hibernate Search 3.0 include:
- Transparent index synchronization: This feature eliminates the need to manually update the index on data change. Events generated by Hibernate Core will trigger the update transparently for the application.
- Seamless integration with the Hibernate and Java Persistence query model: Hibernate Search embraces both the Hibernate and Java Persistence semantic and APIs. As a result, switching from a Hibernate Query Language (HQL) query to a full text query requires minimal changes to the application.
- Out-of-the-box asynchronous clustering mode: Handles clustered applications, this out of the box mode also handles gracefully indexing load peaks, avoiding any contention on the online system.
- Product extensibility: Developers can extend Hibernate Search with a series of extension points for deep index interaction customization that helps edge case applications meet their performance and architectural requirements and constraints.
For more info, see http://search.hibernate.org.
