Package com.alachisoft.ncache.client.services

Interface SearchService

public interface SearchService

This interface contains properties and methods required for Search Service.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	executeNonQuery(QueryCommand queryCommand)	Executes delete statements on cache.
CacheReader	executeReader(QueryCommand queryCommand)	Performs search on the cache based on the query specified.
CacheReader	executeReader(QueryCommand queryCommand, boolean getData, int chunkSize)	Performs search on the cache based on the query specified.
<T> T	executeScalar(QueryCommand queryCommand, java.lang.Class<?> cls)	Executes the query, and returns the first column of the first row in the result set returned by the query.
<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T>	getByTag(Tag tag)	Gets all the cached items with the specified tag.
<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T>	getByTag(java.lang.String wildCardExpression)	Gets all the cached objects with the wild card supported tag.
<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T>	getByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags, TagSearchOptions type)	Returns the cached objects that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.
<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T>	getGroupData(java.lang.String group)	Retrieves the key and value pairs of the specified group.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getGroupKeys(java.lang.String group)	Retrieves the keys of the items in the specified group.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getKeysByTag(Tag tag)	Gets all keys of the objects with the specified tag.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getKeysByTag(java.lang.String wildCardExpression)	Gets all the keys with the wild card supported tag.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getKeysByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags, TagSearchOptions type)	Returns keys of the cached items that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.
void	removeByTag(Tag tag)	Removes the cached objects with the specified tag.
void	removeByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags, TagSearchOptions type)	Removes the cached objects that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.
void	removeGroupData(java.lang.String group)	Remove the data items pertaining to the specified group from cache.

Method Detail

executeNonQuery

int executeNonQuery(QueryCommand queryCommand)
             throws CacheException,
                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Executes delete statements on cache. Returns number of affected rows after query is executed.

Parameters:

queryCommand - QueryCommand containing query text and values.

Returns:

Number of rows affected after query is executed.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

executeReader

CacheReader executeReader(QueryCommand queryCommand)
                   throws CacheException,
                          java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Performs search on the cache based on the query specified. Returns list of key-value pairs in a data reader which fulfills the query criteria. This key-value pair has cache key and its respective value. You can specify the flag for specifying if you want data with keys.

Parameters:

queryCommand - QueryCommand containing query text and values.

Returns:

Reads forward-only stream of result sets of the query executed on cache.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

executeReader

CacheReader executeReader(QueryCommand queryCommand,
                          boolean getData,
                          int chunkSize)
                   throws CacheException,
                          java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Performs search on the cache based on the query specified. Returns list of key-value pairs in a data reader which fulfills the query criteria. This key-value pair has cache key and its respective value. You can specify the flag for specifying if you want data with keys.

Parameters:

queryCommand - QueryCommand containing query text and values.

getData - Flag to indicate whether the resulting values have to be returned with keys or not.

chunkSize - Size of data/keys packets received after search, default value is 512*1024 KB.

Returns:

Reads forward-only stream of result sets of the query executed on cache.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

executeScalar

<T> T executeScalar(QueryCommand queryCommand,
                    java.lang.Class<?> cls)
             throws CacheException,
                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Executes the query, and returns the first column of the first row in the result set returned by the query. Additional columns or rows are ignored.

Type Parameters:

T - Specifies the type of value obtained from the cache.

Parameters:

queryCommand - QueryCommand containing query text and values.

cls - Specifies the class of value obtained from the cache.

Returns:

The first column of the first row in the result set, or null if the result set is empty.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

removeByTag

void removeByTag(Tag tag)
          throws CacheException,
                 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Removes the cached objects with the specified tag.

Parameters:

tag - A Tag to search cache with.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

removeByTags

void removeByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags,
                  TagSearchOptions type)
           throws CacheException,
                  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Removes the cached objects that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.

Parameters:

tags - List of tags to search cache with.

type - TagSearchOptions specifies the search type for the tags.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getByTag

<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T> getByTag(Tag tag)
                                              throws CacheException,
                                                     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Gets all the cached items with the specified tag.

Type Parameters:

T - Specifies the type of value obtained from the cache.

Parameters:

tag - Name of tag to search the cache items with.

Returns:

A Map containing the cache keys and associated objects with the type specified.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getByTag

<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T> getByTag(java.lang.String wildCardExpression)
                                              throws CacheException,
                                                     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Gets all the cached objects with the wild card supported tag.

Type Parameters:

T - Specifies the type of value obtained from the cache.

Parameters:

wildCardExpression - The wild card expression to search with.

Returns:

A Map containing the cache keys and associated objects with the type specified.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getByTags

<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T> getByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags,
                                                      TagSearchOptions type)
                                               throws CacheException,
                                                      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns the cached objects that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.

Type Parameters:

T - Specifies the type of value obtained from the cache.

Parameters:

tags - List of tags to search cache with.

type - TagSearchOptions specifies the search type for the tags.

Returns:

A Map containing the cache keys and associated objects with the specified type.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getKeysByTag

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getKeysByTag(Tag tag)
                                             throws CacheException,
                                                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Gets all keys of the objects with the specified tag.

Parameters:

tag - The tag to search the cache with.

Returns:

Collection containing the cache keys.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getKeysByTag

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getKeysByTag(java.lang.String wildCardExpression)
                                             throws CacheException,
                                                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Gets all the keys with the wild card supported tag.

Parameters:

wildCardExpression - The wild card expression to search with.

Returns:

Collection containing the cache keys.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getKeysByTags

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getKeysByTags(java.util.List<Tag> tags,
                                                     TagSearchOptions type)
                                              throws CacheException,
                                                     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns keys of the cached items that have tags with specified TagSearchOptions.

Parameters:

tags - List of tags to search cache with.

type - TagSearchOptions specifies the search type for the tags.

Returns:

Collection containing the cache keys.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

removeGroupData

void removeGroupData(java.lang.String group)
              throws CacheException,
                     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Remove the data items pertaining to the specified group from cache.

Parameters:

group - Name of group to be removed.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getGroupKeys

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getGroupKeys(java.lang.String group)
                                             throws CacheException,
                                                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Retrieves the keys of the items in the specified group.

Parameters:

group - Name of group whose keys are to be returned.

Returns:

Collection of keys of the group.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

getGroupData

<T> java.util.Map<java.lang.String,T> getGroupData(java.lang.String group)
                                                  throws CacheException,
                                                         java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Retrieves the key and value pairs of the specified group.

Type Parameters:

T - Specifies the type of value obtained from the cache.

Parameters:

group - Name of group whose data is to be returned.

Returns:

A Map containing key-value pairs of the specified group.

Throws:

CacheException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException