com.bea.content.spi
Interface SearchOps

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface SearchOps

extends Serializable

SearchOps is used to search over Nodes and Properties and return the Node ids that match the given criteria.

Method Summary

ID[]	search(Search search) Performs a search with the given parameters.

Method Detail

search

public ID[] search(Search search)
            throws AuthorizationException,
                   RepositoryException

Performs a search with the given parameters.

Parameters:

search - the search parameters (including the expression).

Returns:

an array of Node ids.

Throws:

AuthorizationException - - if the user attempting the operation isn't authenticated against the repository.

AuthorizationException - - if the user attempting the operation is not authorized to perform it.

RepositoryException - - if validation error occurs.