Save the Field Configuration

After running Init() at least once, you can save the field configuration to a file. This lets you skip Init on subsequent loads.

First run — analyze, configure fields, save:

csharp

var engine = new SearchEngine();

using var initStream = File.OpenRead("data/imdb_top10k.json");
engine.Init(initStream);

engine.TrySetFieldConfiguration([
    new FieldProxy { FieldName = "Movie_Name",     Searchable = true, Weight = 2.0f },
    new FieldProxy { FieldName = "Stars",          Searchable = true, Facetable = true, Weight = 0.75f },
    new FieldProxy { FieldName = "Description",    Searchable = true, Weight = 1.0f },
    new FieldProxy { FieldName = "Year_of_Release", Facetable = true },
], out string error);

engine.SaveFieldConfiguration("fieldconfig.json");

// ... load and index

Subsequent loads — skip Init, load config from file:

csharp

var engine = new SearchEngine();

engine.LoadFieldConfiguration("fieldconfig.json");

// ... load and index