edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.advancedsearch

Class AdvancedSearch

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.advancedsearch.AdvancedSearch

public class AdvancedSearch
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

dcosta AdvancedSearch class constructs queries that use the pathquery feature of Metacat. It can execute either an advanced search, where the user fills in fields in a web form, or a simple search on a string.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AdvancedSearch(AdvancedSearchBean advancedSearchBean) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	executeAdvancedSearch(java.lang.String metacatURL, Metacat metacat, java.lang.String qformat, java.lang.String xslPath) Builds and runs an advanced search, returning HTML result string.
java.lang.String	executeSearch(java.lang.String metacatURL, Metacat metacat, java.lang.String qformat, java.lang.String xslPath, java.lang.String value) Builds and runs a simple search, returning HTML result string.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv) Main program to run a test query from the command line.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AdvancedSearch

public AdvancedSearch(AdvancedSearchBean advancedSearchBean)

Constructor. Used when the user has filled in an Advanced Search form. The property values are contained in the advancedSearchBean object. For a simple search, the advancedSearchBean object is passed as null.

Parameters:

advancedSearchBean - An AdvancedSearch bean.

Method Detail

executeAdvancedSearch

public java.lang.String executeAdvancedSearch(java.lang.String metacatURL,
                                              Metacat metacat,
                                              java.lang.String qformat,
                                              java.lang.String xslPath)

Builds and runs an advanced search, returning HTML result string.

Parameters:

metacatURL - URL to the metacat servlet

metacat - A metacat client object, possible null.

qformat - The qformat (skin) to use when displaying results.

xslPath - File path to the resultset.xsl stylesheet.

Returns:

htmlString HTML string representation of the search results.

executeSearch

public java.lang.String executeSearch(java.lang.String metacatURL,
                                      Metacat metacat,
                                      java.lang.String qformat,
                                      java.lang.String xslPath,
                                      java.lang.String value)

Builds and runs a simple search, returning HTML result string. For a simple search, the AdvancedSearchBean object can be null because all we need is a string value to search on.

Parameters:

metacatURL - URL to the metacat servlet

metacat - A metacat client object, possible null.

qformat - The qformat (skin) to use when displaying results.

xslPath - File path to the resultset.xsl stylesheet.

value - String value to search on.

Returns:

htmlString HTML string representation of the search results.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)

Main program to run a test query from the command line. Pass the server name, server port, and path to resultset.xsl as the first three command line arguments:

Parameters:

argv[0] - The server name, e.g. "earth.lternet.edu"

argv[1] - The server port, e.g. "8080", or 0 if no port needs to be specified.

argv[2] - The context string, e.g. "knb"

argv[3] - The path to the resultset.xsl stylesheet, e.g. "C:/Tomcat5/webapps/query/style/common/resultset.xsl"