org.compass.core.engine
Interface SearchEngineFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

LuceneSearchEngineFactory

public interface SearchEngineFactory

A factory class that creates search engines and search engine optimizers.

Author:

kimchy

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the factory.
String	getAliasProperty() Returns the name of the alias property.
String	getAllProperty() Returns the name for the all property.
SearchEngineEventManager	getEventManager()
String	getExtendedAliasProperty() Returns the name of the extending alias property name.
SearchEngineIndexManager	getIndexManager() Returns the index manager.
SearchEngineOptimizer	getOptimizer() Returns the serach engine optimizer that was created by the factory.
PropertyNamingStrategy	getPropertyNamingStrategy() Returns the property naming strategy used by the search engine to create hidden properties.
SearchEngine	openSearchEngine(RuntimeCompassSettings runtimeSettings) Opens/Creates a light weight search engine to perform search engine operations.

Method Detail

openSearchEngine

SearchEngine openSearchEngine(RuntimeCompassSettings runtimeSettings)

Opens/Creates a light weight search engine to perform search engine operations.

Returns:

A new search engine session.

getIndexManager

SearchEngineIndexManager getIndexManager()

Returns the index manager.

Returns:

the search engine index manager.

getPropertyNamingStrategy

PropertyNamingStrategy getPropertyNamingStrategy()

Returns the property naming strategy used by the search engine to create hidden properties.

Returns:

The property naming strategy used.

getOptimizer

SearchEngineOptimizer getOptimizer()

Returns the serach engine optimizer that was created by the factory.

Returns:

The search engine optimizer

getEventManager

SearchEngineEventManager getEventManager()

close

void close()
           throws SearchEngineException

Closes the factory.

Throws:

SearchEngineException

getAliasProperty

String getAliasProperty()

Returns the name of the alias property.

Returns:

The name of the alias property.

getExtendedAliasProperty

String getExtendedAliasProperty()

Returns the name of the extending alias property name.

getAllProperty

String getAllProperty()

Returns the name for the all property.

Returns:

The name of the all property.