indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/SearchEngine.java

package org.apache.maven.index;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.apache.maven.index.context.IndexingContext;

/**
 * A search engine used to perform searches trough repository indexes.
 * 
 * @author Eugene Kuleshov
 * @author Jason van Zyl
 * @author Tamas Cservenak
 */
public interface SearchEngine
{
    @Deprecated
    Set<ArtifactInfo> searchFlat( Comparator<ArtifactInfo> artifactInfoComparator, IndexingContext indexingContext,
                                  Query query )
        throws IOException;

    @Deprecated
    Set<ArtifactInfo> searchFlat( Comparator<ArtifactInfo> artifactInfoComparator,
                                  Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts, Query query )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search only on searchable contexts
     */
    FlatSearchResponse searchFlatPaged( FlatSearchRequest request, Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search only on searchable contexts
     */
    IteratorSearchResponse searchIteratorPaged( IteratorSearchRequest request,
                                                Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search only on searchable contexts
     */
    GroupedSearchResponse searchGrouped( GroupedSearchRequest request, Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search in all contexts, no matter if the context is searchable or not
     */
    FlatSearchResponse forceSearchFlatPaged( FlatSearchRequest request, Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search in all contexts, no matter if the context is searchable or not
     */
    IteratorSearchResponse forceSearchIteratorPaged( IteratorSearchRequest request,
                                                     Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do the search in all contexts, no matter if the context is searchable or not
     */
    GroupedSearchResponse forceSearchGrouped( GroupedSearchRequest request,
                                              Collection<IndexingContext> indexingContexts )
        throws IOException;
}