Configuring the Search Results Display

By default, the Web Console displays 10 search results at a time for each query. If the search returns more than 10 results, users can display additional pages of results. As an administrator, you can modify the number of search results that appears on each page.

By default, the Web Console displays certain columns in the search results area. For each object, it displays the object type, name, description, version, and version comment. For some object types, a non-default display is configured. For example, for a ServiceBinding object, the display includes the endpoint instead of the version information. As an administrator, you can add configuration information to display non-default data for object types of your choice.

To perform each of these tasks, you edit a configuration file.

To Configure the Number of Rows in the Search Results Display

Steps

1. Change to the directory RegistryDomain-base/domains/registry/applications/j2ee-modules/soar/WEB-INF/classes.

2. Open the file jaxr-ebxml.properties in a text editor.

3. Find the definition of the property omar.client.thinbrowser.numSearchResults:

   omar.client.thinbrowser.numSearchResults=10

4. Change the value 10 to the value you prefer.

5. Save and close the jaxr-ebxml.properties file.

6. Follow the instructions in To Stop and Restart the Application Server Domain for the Registry.

To Configure the Columns in the Search Results Area

Steps

1. Change to the directory RegistryDomain-base/3.0/jaxr-ebxml.

2. Open the file registry-browser-config.xml in a text editor.

3. Add an entry to the registry-browser-config.xml file, using the following format.

   This example configures a non-default display for Service objects.

   <ObjectTypeConfig 
       className="org.freebxml.omar.client.xml.registry.infomodel.ServiceImpl" 
       id="urn:oasis:names:tc:ebxml-regrep:ObjectType:RegistryObject:Service">
     <SearchResultsConfig>
       <SearchResultsColumn columnClass="java.lang.Object" 
         columnHeader="Object Type" columnWidth="25" editable="false" 
         method="getObjectType"/>
       <SearchResultsColumn columnClass="java.lang.Object" 
         columnHeader="Name" columnWidth="25" editable="true" method="getName"/>
       <SearchResultsColumn columnClass="java.lang.Object" 
         columnHeader="Description" columnWidth="30" editable="true" 
         method="getDescription"/>
       <SearchResultsColumn columnClass="java.lang.Object" 
         columnHeader="Status" columnWidth="15" method="getStatusAsString"/>
       <SearchResultsColumn columnClass="java.lang.Object" 
         columnHeader="Version" columnWidth="5" method="getVersionName"/>
     </SearchResultsConfig>
   </ObjectTypeConfig>

   The registry-browser-config.xml provides syntax for the ObjectTypeConfig element. Use the elements that are already in the file as examples. These elements configure the default display for registry objects as well as non-default displays for ExternalLink, ExtrinsicObject, and ServiceBinding objects.

   For the most part, you can deduce the method names from the class attributes in the ebXML Registry Information Model Version 3.0 specification (see Before You Read This Book for details). The getStatusAsString method can be found in the RegistryObjectImpl implementation class. (This release of Service Registry does not include API documentation, however.)

4. Save and close the registry-browser-config.xml file.

5. Follow the instructions in To Stop and Restart the Application Server Domain for the Registry.

6. To verify the reconfiguration, use the Search or Explore menu of the Web Console to display the objects whose columns you changed.