lumis.search
Class SearchQuery

java.lang.Object
  lumis.search.SearchQuery

Direct Known Subclasses:

LuceneSearchQuery

@StableMinor(version="6.2",
             sinceVersion="4.0")
public class SearchQuery
extends Object

Represents search criteria used to find matching information by a search engine.

Since:

4.0.4

Constructor Summary

SearchQuery()
Constructs a SearchQuery object with neither user query and attributes.

SearchQuery(String query)
Constructs a SearchQuery object with the given user query and no attributes.

SearchQuery(String query, SearchAttributes attributes)
Constructs a SearchQuery object with the given user query and attributes.

Method Summary

SearchAttributes	getAttributes() Returns the query's attributes, that define additional information to be passed to the search engine.
ISearchQueryFilter	getControlFilter() Returns a query filter to be applied to the search.
String	getControlQuery() Returns the control query, which is the system-defined portion of the query, usually containing criteria related to some metadata indexed with the content (e.g.
int	getMaxRows() Returns the maximum number of hits to be returned by the query execution.
int	getStartAt() Returns the number of the first hit to be returned by the query execution.
String	getUserQuery() Returns the user query, which is the user-defined portion of the query, usually entered by the final user using front-end interfaces.
void	setAttributes(SearchAttributes attributes) Sets the query's attributes.
void	setControlFilter(ISearchQueryFilter controlFilter) Sets the query filter to be applied to the search.
void	setControlQuery(String controlQuery) Sets the control query.
void	setMaxRows(int maxRows) Sets the maximum number of hits.
void	setStartAt(int startAt) Sets the number of the first hit.
void	setUserQuery(String query) Sets the user query.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SearchQuery

public SearchQuery()

Constructs a SearchQuery object with neither user query and attributes.

Since:

4.0.4

SearchQuery

public SearchQuery(String query)

Constructs a SearchQuery object with the given user query and no attributes.

Parameters:

query - {@link #getUserQuery() user query

Since:

4.0.4

SearchQuery

public SearchQuery(String query,
                   SearchAttributes attributes)

Constructs a SearchQuery object with the given user query and attributes.

Parameters:

query - user query

attributes - attributes

Since:

4.0.4

Method Detail

getAttributes

public SearchAttributes getAttributes()

Returns the query's attributes, that define additional information to be passed to the search engine.

Returns:

the query's attributes

Since:

4.0.4

setAttributes

public void setAttributes(SearchAttributes attributes)

Sets the query's attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - the query's attributes

Since:

4.0.4

getUserQuery

public String getUserQuery()

Returns the user query, which is the user-defined portion of the query, usually entered by the final user using front-end interfaces.

The search engines can and usually perform a tokenization in the user query in the same way they do in the contents during the indexing process.

Returns:

the user query

Since:

4.0.4

See Also:

lumis.search

setUserQuery

public void setUserQuery(String query)

Sets the user query.

Parameters:

query - the user query

Since:

4.0.4

getControlQuery

public String getControlQuery()

Returns the control query, which is the system-defined portion of the query, usually containing criteria related to some metadata indexed with the content (e.g. service instance identifier).

The search engines must not perform a tokenization in the control query, because it usually consists in criteria for non-intelligible information (such as GUIDs).

Returns:

the control query

Since:

4.0.4

See Also:

getControlFilter()

setControlQuery

public void setControlQuery(String controlQuery)

Sets the control query.

Parameters:

controlQuery - the control query

Since:

4.0.4

See Also:

setControlFilter(ISearchQueryFilter)

getMaxRows

public int getMaxRows()

Returns the maximum number of hits to be returned by the query execution.

Usually this setting is used to paginate the search results.

Returns:

the maximum number of hits

Since:

4.0.4

setMaxRows

public void setMaxRows(int maxRows)

Sets the maximum number of hits.

Parameters:

maxRows - the maximum number of hits

Since:

4.0.4

getStartAt

public int getStartAt()

Returns the number of the first hit to be returned by the query execution.

Usually this setting is used to paginate the search results.

Returns:

the number of the first hit

Since:

4.0.4

setStartAt

public void setStartAt(int startAt)

Sets the number of the first hit.

Parameters:

startAt - the number of the first hit

Since:

4.0.4

getControlFilter

public ISearchQueryFilter getControlFilter()

Returns a query filter to be applied to the search.

Returns:

the query filter, or null if none was specified.

Since:

4.2.2

See Also:

lumis.search.filter, getControlQuery()

setControlFilter

public void setControlFilter(ISearchQueryFilter controlFilter)

Sets the query filter to be applied to the search.

Parameters:

the - query filter.

Since:

4.2.2

See Also:

lumis.search.filter, setControlQuery(String)