edu.northwestern.at.monk.model
Class Searcher

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.Searcher

public class Searcher
extends java.lang.Object

The grand unified searcher.

See Also:

MONK Datastore Overview, Licensing Agreement

Method Summary

static boolean	canUse(java.lang.Class resultClass, java.lang.Class criterionClass) Returns true if a result class can use a criterion class.
static boolean	canUse(java.lang.String resultName, java.lang.String criterionName) Returns true if a result class can use a criterion class.
static java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getCriterionNames(java.lang.String resultName) Gets all the criterion names for a result name.
static java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getResultNames() Gets all the result names.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getResultNames

public static java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getResultNames()

Gets all the result names.

Returns:

Result names.

getCriterionNames

public static java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getCriterionNames(java.lang.String resultName)

Gets all the criterion names for a result name.

Parameters:

resultName - Result name.

Returns:

Criterion names.

canUse

public static boolean canUse(java.lang.Class resultClass,
                             java.lang.Class criterionClass)

Returns true if a result class can use a criterion class.

Parameters:

resultClass - Result class.

criterionClass - Criterion class.

Returns:

True if result can use criterion.

canUse

public static boolean canUse(java.lang.String resultName,
                             java.lang.String criterionName)

Returns true if a result class can use a criterion class.

Parameters:

resultName - Result class naem.

criterionName - Criterion class name.

Returns:

True if result can use criterion.