SolrNet 0.4.0 alpha 1 released

SolrNet is a Solr client for .NET, and I just released version 0.4.0 alpha 1.

Before detailing the changes, I'd like to clarify what alpha means to me:

• Core functionality is stable (otherwise I wouldn't even bother releasing)
• New features are unit-tested (otherwise I wouldn't even admit them into the repo), but may not be battle-tested
• Not feature-frozen (i.e. future alphas/betas might get new features)
• Not interface-frozen (I make no guarantees about breaking changes between this alpha and the final release)
• Little to no documentation about new features or changes. Tests are the primary or maybe only source of usage.

The goal of this release is to get real-world testing and feedback on the new features and changes.

New features

• Solr 4.0 grouping (this used to be called "field collapsing", but was completely overhauled)
• Solr 4.0 pivot faceting
• Autofac integration module
• Unity integration
• Fluent interface: added index-time document boosting
• Fluent interface: added easier way to set Solr URL and timeout
• SolrQueryByDistance (spatial search)
• Support for ExtractingRequestHandler (i.e. binary/proprietary document indexing, like MS Word, PDF, etc)
• Rollback (it was implemented but missing in ISolrOperations)
• CommitWithin and Overwrite parameters for document add
• Mixed exclusive/inclusive range queries (Solr 4.0 only)

Bugfixes

• Fixed support for nullable enum properties with empty Solr field value.

Breaking changes

• Breaking change for IReadOnlyMappingManager implementors: it now indexes fields by name to speed up lookup.
• Breaking change: SolrQueryByField now quotes '*' and '?'
• Minor breaking change for direct users of SolrConnection: removed constructor with IHttpWebRequestFactory parameter and made it a property.

Other stuff

• Upgraded to Windsor 2.5.3
• Upgraded to Ninject 2.2.1.0
• Upgraded to NHibernate 3.1.0
• Upgraded to StructureMap 2.6.2
• Upgraded to .NET 3.5

Contributors

I'm very happy to say that the project is getting more and more contributors all the time, and they're doing a great job! Here are the contributors to this release:

• Klaas Vlietstra
• Naz Junaid
• Rich Tebb
• emargee
• Andre Hazelwood
• Adam Kirkton
• Ed Devlin
• alukantsov
• Paul Bouwer
• Matej Skubic (Studio Pesec)
• Amar Raja

A huge thank you to them all!

Binaries available on google code.