Merge pull request #3685 from projectblacklight/custom-index

Provide a way for applications to customize search result retrieval

Author: seanaery

app/controllers/concerns/blacklight/catalog.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Blacklight::Catalog
 
   # get search results from the solr index
   def index
-    @response = search_service.search_results
+    @response = retrieve_search_results
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { store_preferred_view }
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ def has_search_parameters?
 
   private
 
+  # This method may be overridden to customize search behavior.
+  def retrieve_search_results
+    search_service.search_results
+  end
+
   #
   # non-routable methods ->
   #