Should I use Jython with Lucene or PyLucene? [closed]

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I am working on a project where I need to do information retrieval with Lucene. I code in Python and not familiar with Java. The dataset will have 4000 documents.

After looking into this, it seems I can use Jython with Lucene or Pylucene. The project is due in 1 month. I have not set up Jython before.

Would you recommend I use Jython or Pylucene? What is the learning curve for Jython with Lucene vs. PyLucene? How challenging is it to set up Jython with Lucene vs. PyLucene?

Thanks!

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If you are comfortable with Python then PyLucene should be easier since you will write idiomatic Python code (as opposed to calling a Java library from Jython).