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+<h2><strong>Spring Data for Apache Solr</strong></h2>
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+The primary goal of the Spring Data project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use new data access technologies such as non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud based data services.
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+The Spring Data for Apache Solr project provides integration with the Apache Solr search engine
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+Providing its own extensible MappingSolrConverter as alternative to DocumentObjectBinder Spring Data for Apache Solr handles inheritance as well as usage of custom Types such as Point or DateTime
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+<h3><strong>Features</strong></h3>
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+<ul>
+  <li>High level repository abstractions with multicore support</li>
+  <li>Annotations for Boost-, Facet- and Highlighting</li>
+  <li>Customizable type mappings and type conversions</li>
+  <li>Solr template supporting fluent query api</li>
+  <li>Exception translation to Spring’s portable Data Access exception hierarchy</li>
+</ul>
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+<h2><strong>Getting Started</strong></h2>
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+Maven configuration
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+Add the Maven dependency:
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+&lt;dependency&gt;
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+  &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.data&lt;/groupId&gt;
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+  &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-data-solr&lt;/artifactId&gt;
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+  &lt;version&gt;${version}.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
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+&lt;/dependency&gt;
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+<h3><strong>Getting Help</strong></h3>
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+Having trouble with Spring Data? We’d love to help!
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+Check the reference documentation, and Javadocs.
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+Learn the Spring basics – Spring Data builds on Spring Framework, check the spring.io web-site for a wealth of reference documentation. If you are just starting out with Spring, try one of the guides.
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+<strong>Examples</strong>
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+Spring Data Examples contains example projects that explain specific features in more detail.
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+<strong>License</strong>
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+Spring Data for Apache Solr is Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 license.