executeMatch

executeMatch is one of two methods you can call to process an incoming system object based on the configuration defined for the Manager Service and associated runtime components (the second method is executeMatchUpdate). This process searches for possible matches in the database and contains the logic to add a new record or update existing records in the database. One of the two execute match methods should be used for inserting or updating a record in the database.

The following runtime components configure executeMatch.

• The Query Builder defines the blocking queries used for matching.

• The Threshold file (master.xml) specifies which blocking query to use and specifies matching parameters, including duplicate and match thresholds.

• The pass controller and block picker classes specify how the blocking query is executed.

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  Note –

  If executeMatch determines that an existing system record will be updated by the incoming record, it replaces the entire existing record with the information in the new record. This could result in loss of data; for example, if the incoming record does not include all address information, existing address information could be lost. To avoid this, use the executeMatchUpdate method instead.

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Syntax

MatchColResult executeMatch(SystemObjectBean systemObject)

Parameters

Returns

A match result object containing the results of the matching process.

Throws

• RemoteException

• ProcessingException

• UserException