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import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.QueryParser;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;

public class QueryBuilder {
    public static Query buildQuery(String fieldName, String searchTerm) throws ParseException {
        // Escape any special characters in the search term
        String escapedSearchTerm = QueryParser.escape(searchTerm);
        
        // Build a term for the flattened XML field with the search term
        Term term = new Term(fieldName, escapedSearchTerm);
        
        // Create a query for the term
        Query query = new TermQuery(term);
        
        return query;
    }
}