module RSolr

def self.connect *args
  opts = args.pop if args.last.is_a?(::Hash)
  opts ||= {}
  connection = args.first
  Client.new connection, opts
end

def self.solr_escape(str)
  # note that the gsub will parse the escaped backslashes, as will the ruby code sending the query to Solr 
  # so the result sent to Solr is ultimately a single backslash in front of the particular character 
  str.gsub(/([+\-&|!\(\)\{\}\[\]\^"~\*\?:\\\/])/, '\\\\\1')
end

def self.version
  VERSION
end