apache / apache/lucene

tokenizer supports preserving delimiters [LUCENE-9308]

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Description

currently there s no way to preserve the delimiter in tokenizer, because the basic tokenizer like CharTokenizer ignore them.

this s to make the basic tokenizer more customizable 

e.g. "mac_book_pro" -> [mac_, book_, pro]

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Migrated from [LUCENE-9308](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-9308) by yin Lin

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Research direction

Start from Lucene’s basic tokenizer and trace how it currently discards delimiters, using the mac_book_pro example as the expected behavior. Done means the tokenizer can be customized to preserve delimiters and produces the illustrated token sequence, with coverage for that behavior.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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