org.eclipse.smila.search.api
Interface SearchService

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SearchServiceImpl

public interface SearchService

Interface of SMILA search services. The usual purpose of such a service is to put the query object on a blackboard, create a search message to be executed with a WorkflowProcessor and finally create the SearchResult object For the structure of the query record see the Search API specificaton page in the Eclipse Wiki: http://wiki.eclipse.org/SMILA/Specifications/Search_API.

Author:

jschumacher

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	NAMESPACE_SEARCH namespace of search specific elements in XML result.
static java.lang.String	TAG_QUERY local name of XML result's element containing the pipeline name.
static java.lang.String	TAG_SEARCHRESULT local name of XML result's root element.
static java.lang.String	TAG_WORKFLOWNAME local name of XML result's element containing the pipeline name.

Method Summary

SearchResult	search(java.lang.String workflowName, Record query) Execute a query using the named workflow and create a SearchResult from the workflow result.
org.w3c.dom.Document	searchAsXml(java.lang.String workflowName, Record query) Execute a query using the named workflow and return the search result as an XML document.
java.lang.String	searchAsXmlString(java.lang.String workflowName, Record query) Execute a query using the named workflow and return the search result as an XML string.

Field Detail

NAMESPACE_SEARCH

static final java.lang.String NAMESPACE_SEARCH

namespace of search specific elements in XML result.

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TAG_SEARCHRESULT

static final java.lang.String TAG_SEARCHRESULT

local name of XML result's root element.

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TAG_WORKFLOWNAME

static final java.lang.String TAG_WORKFLOWNAME

local name of XML result's element containing the pipeline name.

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TAG_QUERY

static final java.lang.String TAG_QUERY

local name of XML result's element containing the pipeline name.

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Method Detail

search

SearchResult search(java.lang.String workflowName,
                    Record query)
                    throws ProcessingException

Execute a query using the named workflow and create a SearchResult from the workflow result.

Parameters:

workflowName - name of workflow to process the search.

query - query object describing the search.

Returns:

search result.

Throws:

ProcessingException - error while processing the request or preparing the input message or search result.

searchAsXml

org.w3c.dom.Document searchAsXml(java.lang.String workflowName,
                                 Record query)
                                 throws ProcessingException

Execute a query using the named workflow and return the search result as an XML document.

Parameters:

workflowName - name of workflow to process the search.

query - query object describing the search.

Returns:

search result as DOM document

Throws:

ProcessingException - error while processing the request or preparing the input message or search result.

searchAsXmlString

java.lang.String searchAsXmlString(java.lang.String workflowName,
                                   Record query)
                                   throws ProcessingException

Execute a query using the named workflow and return the search result as an XML string.

Parameters:

workflowName - name of workflow to process the search.

query - query object describing the search.

Returns:

search result as XML string

Throws:

ProcessingException - error while processing the request or preparing the input message or search result.