FacetFilter method: FacetFilter class

Syntax

FacetFilter(FacetName, Path)

Description

Use this constructor to instantiate a FacetFilter object for a specific facet to indicate the facet and path.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
FacetName	Specifies the name of the facet as a string.
Path	Specifies the value of the facet as a string.

Returns

A FacetFilter object.

Example

The following examples demonstrate four ways to create a facet filter:

• Use the SearchCategory class to return the initial list of facet filters with empty paths as an array of FacetFilter objects:

  Local PT_SEARCH:SearchCategory &srchCat = create PT_SEARCH:SearchCategory⇒
  ("MY_SRCH_CAT");
  &qry.Categories = CreateArray(&srchCat);
  
  &qry.FacetFilters = &srchCat.GetFacetFilters();
  

• When requesting a specific facet for the first time, specify an empty string for the path:

  Local PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter &facetFilter = create PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter("LOCATION",⇒
  "")
  

• When the facet is hierarchical, specify the hierarchy in the path. For example, the LOCATION facet could have a hierarchy of country/state/city. To filter by country, use the following filter:

  Local PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter &facetFilter = create PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter⇒
  ("LOCATION","USA")
  

• To filter by state, use the following filter:

  Local PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter &facetFilter = create PT_SEARCH:FacetFilter⇒
  ("LOCATION","USA/CA")