oracle.ifs.search
Class ContextQualification

java.lang.Object

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  +--oracle.ifs.search.SearchQualification

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        +--oracle.ifs.search.ContextQualification

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class ContextQualification

extends SearchQualification

The ContextQualification encapsulates Text Query Expressions on Document content. Under the covers we use Oracle InterMedia Search Engine to perform the query. For details on Oracle InterMedia, refer to the Oracle 8i documentation.

Briefly, a Text Query takes the form CONTAINS(index, 'text expression', no.)>1 We expose the Text Query Expression, allowing users to specify any Intermedia Text Query Expressions. We treat the Text Query Expression as a String and pass it on to InterMedia. Additionally we allow the Text Query Expression to be late bound.

Users also specify what Medias should be searched. Medias are translated internally to Intermedia Indexes. The Medias searched, apply to all Context Qualifications in a SearchTree. Hence the Medias are specified in the ContextSearchSpecification.

We also provide a mechanism for returning Text Scores. See Intermedia documentation for details on Scores. In order to get back the Score of a Text Query Expression, the Qualification must be assigned a name. The name must be unique wrt other ContextQualifications in the same SearchTree. The SearchResultObject provides methods to retrieve Text Scores based on the Qualification Name.

Hence a ContextQualification is represented by a Text Query Expression and an optional name.

Below is an example of how to do a simple content search, using a ContextQualification.

 // specify sort order
 String [] ctxClauseName = {"Test1"};     // order by SCORE
 // set DESCENDING sort order
 boolean [] sortOrders = {false};
 //
 SearchSortSpecification sortSpec =
   new SearchSortSpecification(new String[] {"DOCUMENT"}, new String[]
                               {ContextQualification.ORDER_PREFIX + "." +
                               ctxClauseName[0]}, sortOrders);
 //
 // create a query expression using interMedia Text query syntax
 String searchWord1 = "hierarchy";
 String searchWord2 = "interfaces";
 String queryOperator = " & ";
 String queryExpr = searchWord1 + queryOperator + searchWord2;
 //
 // create a ContextQualification and specify the query expression
 ContextQualification cq = new ContextQualification();
 cq.setQuery( queryExpr );
 cq.setName(ctxClauseName[0]);
 //
 // now join with CONTENTOBJECT
 JoinQualification jq = new JoinQualification();
 jq.setLeftAttribute("DOCUMENT", "CONTENTOBJECT");
 jq.setRightAttribute("CONTENTOBJECT", null);
 //
 SearchClause sc = new SearchClause( cq, jq, SearchClause.AND );
 //
 ContextSearchSpecification cp = new ContextSearchSpecification();
 cp.setContextClassname("CONTENTOBJECT");
 cp.setSearchClassSpecification(new SearchClassSpecification(new String[]
 //                      {"DOCUMENT", "CONTENTOBJECT"}));
 cp.setSearchQualification(sc);
 cp.setSearchSortSpecification(sortSpec);
 //
 Search s = new Search(sess, cp);
 //
 s.open();
 ...
 s.close();
 
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ORDER_PREFIX Searches can be ordered based on the Text Scores.

Constructor Summary

ContextQualification()
Constructs a ContextQualification.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Get the Qualification name.
java.lang.String	getQuery() Returns the text query expression
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Set the name of the Qualification.
void	setQuery(java.lang.String query) Set the Text Query Expression.

Methods inherited from class oracle.ifs.search.SearchQualification

clone

Field Detail

ORDER_PREFIX

public static java.lang.String ORDER_PREFIX

Searches can be ordered based on the Text Scores. Users can specify ContextQualification Names in the SearchSortSpecification, but they must be prefixed by ContextQualifcation.ORDER_PREFIX, so that Search knows that this sort field should be converted to to a SCORE field in the SQL Select.

Constructor Detail

ContextQualification

public ContextQualification()

Constructs a ContextQualification. There are no defaults for the Text Query and Qualification Name.

Method Detail

setQuery

public void setQuery(java.lang.String query)
              throws IfsException

Set the Text Query Expression. The expression cannot be null.

Parameters:

query - text query expression. Is not parsed, is passed onto InterMedia; hence user can specify any Text Query Expression. See InterMedia documentation for details.

getQuery

public java.lang.String getQuery()

Returns the text query expression

Returns:

text query expression.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)
             throws IfsException

Set the name of the Qualification. This name is used to specify ordering by Text Scores, and to retrieve Text Scores.

Parameters:

name - Qualification name, should be unique wrt to other Qualifications in the same Tree.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Get the Qualification name.

Returns:

Qualification name.