Add a Search Provider

Usage

• by the Search bar itself to direct the user to the page provided by the Search extension point.

  

• in the Search Admin to let the user select which Search provider to use (Lucene, Solr, Database, etc).

  

• in the Search Admin UI to offer specific Search configuration options for this provider

  

Definition

This Extension Point is contributed by this extension and was added in version 4.5 of that extension.

Category

Search

Extension Id

org.xwiki.platform.search

Content to be provided

No content is expected to be provided by the user of this Extension Point.

Parameters to be provided

• label: the name of the search provider (e.g. Lucene, Solr, etc)
• admin: the document reference for offering specific Admin configuration options
• search: the search page to redirect to when the user enter a search query in the search bar and submits it

Example

Solr Search Provider contribution: