net.ontopia.infoset.fulltext.core

Interface SearcherIF

All Superinterfaces:

IndexIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

RDBMSSearcher

public interface SearcherIF
extends IndexIF

INTERNAL: Represents a search engine. Instances of this class are able to perform searches across a collection of documents.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() INTERNAL: Releases resources associated with this searcher.
SearchResultIF	search(String query) INTERNAL: Performs a query on an index.

Method Detail

search

SearchResultIF search(String query)
               throws IOException

INTERNAL: Performs a query on an index. The actual query syntax is search engine dependent.

Throws:

IOException

close

void close()
    throws IOException

INTERNAL: Releases resources associated with this searcher.

Throws:

IOException