org.dspace.search

Class QueryArgs

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.search.QueryArgs

Deprecated.

Since DSpace 4 the system use an abstraction layer named Discovery to provide access to different search providers. The legacy system built upon Apache Lucene is likely to be removed in a future version. If you are interested in using Lucene as backend for the DSpace search system, please consider to build a Lucene implementation of the Discovery interfaces

@Deprecated
public class QueryArgs
extends Object

Contains the arguments for a query. Fill it out and pass to the query engine

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
QueryArgs() Deprecated.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	buildHTTPQuery(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Deprecated. Builds an HTTP query string for some parameters with the value taken from the request context passed in.
String	buildQuery(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Deprecated. Builds an advanced-query description string.
Map<String,String>	buildQueryMap(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Deprecated. Constructs a HashMap with the keys field{1,2,3}, query{1,2,3} and conjunction{1,2} taking the values from the passed-in argument defaulting to "".
int	getEtAl() Deprecated.
int	getPageSize() Deprecated. get the count of hits to return
String	getQuery() Deprecated. retrieve the query string
SortOption	getSortOption() Deprecated.
String	getSortOrder() Deprecated.
int	getStart() Deprecated. read the search's starting offset
void	setEtAl(int etAl) Deprecated. set the number of metadata fields at which to truncate with "et al"
void	setPageSize(int newSize) Deprecated. set the count of hits to return; used to implement paged searching see the initializer for the default value
void	setQuery(String newQuery) Deprecated. set the query string
void	setSortOption(SortOption sortOption) Deprecated.
void	setSortOrder(String sortOrder) Deprecated.
void	setStart(int newStart) Deprecated. set the offset of the desired search results, beginning with 0 ; used to page results (the default value is 0)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

QueryArgs

public QueryArgs()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

getEtAl

public int getEtAl()

Deprecated.

Returns:

the number of metadata fields at which to truncate with "et al"

setEtAl

public void setEtAl(int etAl)

Deprecated.

set the number of metadata fields at which to truncate with "et al"

Parameters:

etAl -

setQuery

public void setQuery(String newQuery)

Deprecated.

set the query string

Parameters:

newQuery -

getQuery

public String getQuery()

Deprecated.

retrieve the query string

Returns:

the current query string

setStart

public void setStart(int newStart)

Deprecated.

set the offset of the desired search results, beginning with 0 ; used to page results (the default value is 0)

Parameters:

newStart - index of first desired result

getStart

public int getStart()

Deprecated.

read the search's starting offset

Returns:

current index of first desired result

setPageSize

public void setPageSize(int newSize)

Deprecated.

set the count of hits to return; used to implement paged searching see the initializer for the default value

Parameters:

newSize - number of hits per page

getPageSize

public int getPageSize()

Deprecated.

get the count of hits to return

Returns:

number of results per page

getSortOption

public SortOption getSortOption()

Deprecated.

setSortOption

public void setSortOption(SortOption sortOption)

Deprecated.

getSortOrder

public String getSortOrder()

Deprecated.

setSortOrder

public void setSortOrder(String sortOrder)

Deprecated.

buildQuery

public String buildQuery(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Deprecated.

Builds an advanced-query description string. The string is built using the passed in values query{1,2,3}, field{1,2,3} and conjunction{1,2} taken from the parameter request.

Parameters:

request - the request object to take the values from

Returns:

the query description string built

buildQueryMap

public Map<String,String> buildQueryMap(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Deprecated.

Constructs a HashMap with the keys field{1,2,3}, query{1,2,3} and conjunction{1,2} taking the values from the passed-in argument defaulting to "".

Parameters:

request - the request-describing object to take the values from

Returns:

the created HashMap

buildHTTPQuery

public String buildHTTPQuery(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)
                      throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Deprecated.

Builds an HTTP query string for some parameters with the value taken from the request context passed in. The returned string includes key/value pairs in the HTTP query string format (key1=value1&key2=value2...) for the keys query{1,2,3}, field{1,2,3} and conjunction{1,2} with values taken from request and defaulting to "".

Note, that the values are url-encoded using the UTF-8 encoding scheme as the corresponding W3C recommendation states.

Also note that neither leading ? (question mark) nor leading & (ampersand mark) is included. Take this into account when appending to a real URL.

Parameters:

request - the request object to take the values from

Returns:

the query string that can be used without further transformationin URLs

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException