server-api/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/discovery/DiscoveryService.java

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package org.apache.atlas.discovery;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Metadata discovery service.
 */
public interface DiscoveryService {

    /**
     * Full text search
     */
    String searchByFullText(String query) throws DiscoveryException;

    /**
     * Search using query DSL.
     *
     * @param dslQuery query in DSL format.
     * @return JSON representing the type and results.
     */
    String searchByDSL(String dslQuery) throws DiscoveryException;

    /**
     * Assumes the User is familiar with the persistence structure of the Repository.
     * The given query is run uninterpreted against the underlying Graph Store.
     * The results are returned as a List of Rows. each row is a Map of Key,Value pairs.
     *
     * @param gremlinQuery query in gremlin dsl format
     * @return List of Maps
     * @throws org.apache.atlas.discovery.DiscoveryException
     */
    List<Map<String, String>> searchByGremlin(String gremlinQuery) throws DiscoveryException;
}