'Starts With' searches in Hibernate Search

sourabh.ghorpade · **Joined:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:32 am **Posts:** 17

Hi All,
Can we perform searches which results if the result starts with the search query ?
E.g Person class has indexed fields First name and last name .
Indexed Entries ->
# First_Name Last_Name
1. Mary Jane
2. Jane Mary
3. Mary Jane Watson
4. Jackson Mary

Search String -> Mary
Results ->
1. Mary Jane
2. Mary Jane Watson

Entries 2 and 4 are omitted as they contain mary but don't start with Mary.

NameNotTaken · **Joined:** Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:46 pm **Posts:** 5

Yes.

http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/search/4.3/reference/en-US/html_single/#section-building-lucene-queries

scroll down to section:
5.1.2.3. Wildcard queries

sourabh.ghorpade · **Joined:** Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:32 am **Posts:** 17

Hi NameNotTaken ,
Thanks for your reply.Perhaps you misunderstood my question. I have edited the question to highlight my requirement.
For a normal search, entry 2 & 4 will show up as they have mary in their last name. However what I want is that they shouldn't be considered as they don't start with Mary.
Is this possible in Hibernate Search without needing to specify the specific field on which to apply the query ?