Note:

Extension of the classes in this package is prohibited unless otherwise documented. Similarly, extension or implementation of the interfaces in this package is prohibited except as documented.

Package com.sas.services.information.search

The com.sas.services.information.search package performs and manages metadata searches for public objects.

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Description

Interface Summary

Search	The Search can be used to manage and perform searches for public objects in metadata.
SearchFilter	The filters used to scope a search, implement the SearchFilter interface.
SearchFolder	The SearchFolder class is a "smart" object for metadata searches.

Class Summary

DateFilter	The DateFilter class is used to filter objects based on their metadata created or metadata modified date values.
DisplayNameFilter	The DisplayNameFilter class is used to filter or search for objects by their DisplayName and Name attributes.
ExtendedAttributesFilter	The ExtendedAttributesFilter class is used to filter or search for objects by their associated extended attributes.
KeywordFilter	The KeywordFilter class is used to filter objects by their associated keywords.
NotesFilter	The NotesFilter class is used to filter or search for objects by their associated notes.
ObjectNameFilter	The ObjectNameFilter class is used to filter or search for objects by their Name attribute.
PublicTypeFilter	PublicTypeFilter
ResponsibilitiesFilter	The ResponsibilitiesFilter class is used to filter objects by the associated ResponsibleParty.
ResultDetails	Used for controlling the amount of information to include on each resulting object when performing a search.
SearchFactory

Enum Summary

DateFilter.DateType	The type of date to filter on
ResultDetails.ResultLimit
SearchOperator
SortOrder

Package com.sas.services.information.search Description

The com.sas.services.information.search package performs and manages metadata searches for public objects. The purpose of this package is to support a metadata server public object search facility that is new to release 9.3.

This package consists of client consumable interface definitions, filter classes used to scope a metadata search, and output manipulation classes that control how the search results are returned. (sorting results, result details).

The actual implementation classes are contained in the "impl" sub-package. Consumers of this package should interact with the interfaces and a Factory class.

The starting point for a client application is the SearchFactory class. The factory provides a method to create a Search object used to define and perform the public object search. It also provides methods to create a SearchFolder, which is the smart object used to save these searches to metadata.

A Search object implements the Search interface.
A SearchFolder smart object implements the SearchFolder interface.

A search can be saved to metadata by creating a SearchFolder, associating it to a Search object, and then saving off the SearchFolder.

The filters used to scope a search implement the SearchFilter interface provided in this package.
The amount of search detail returned for matching objects is controlled by the ResultDetails class.
The order in which the matching objects are returned is controlled by the SortOrder class.

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Examples of creating and using a Search object
Examples of creating and using a SearchFolder smart object

Note:

Extension of the classes in this package is prohibited unless otherwise documented. Similarly, extension or implementation of the interfaces in this package is prohibited except as documented.