PyLucene is a Python extension for accessing Java Lucene from Python. Its goal is to allow use of Lucene's text indexing and searching capabilities from Python. It is designed to be API compatible with the latest version of Java Lucene.
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Java reference management was re-implemented to prevent Java objects returned to Python from being garbage-collected too soon. Changes to the SWIG interface were made, allowing PyLucene to be built with SWIG 1.3.24.