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RestKit/Code/Support/RKSearchEngine.h
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//
// RKSearchEngine.h
// RestKit
//
// Created by Blake Watters on 8/26/09.
// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 RestKit. All rights reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
/**
The RKSearchable protocol declares a method for providing a searchable
textual representation of content contained within the receiver. Searchable
objects can be searched via instances of RKSearchEngine.
*/
@protocol RKSearchable
@required
/**
Returns a string representation of searchable text contained within the receiver.
@return A string of searchable text.
*/
- (NSString *)searchableText;
@end
/**
The mode (and/or) in which to search for tokenized text via an RKSearchEngine instance.
*/
typedef enum {
/**
The search text should be matched inclusively using AND.
Matches will include all search terms.
*/
RKSearchModeAnd,
/**
The search text should be matched exclusively using OR.
Matches will include any search terms.
*/
RKSearchModeOr
} RKSearchMode;
/**
An instance of RKSearchEngine provides a simple interface for searching
arbitrary objects for matching text. Searching is performed by constructing
a compound NSPredicate and evaluating a collection of candidate objects for matches.
RKSearchEngine is only suitable for searching a relatively small collection of in-memory
objects that are not backed by Core Data (see RKManagedObjectSearchEngine).
@see RKManagedObjectSearchEngine
*/
@interface RKSearchEngine : NSObject
///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// @name Configuring Search Parameters
///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
The type of matching to perform. Can be either RKSearchModeAnd or RKSearchModeOr.
**Default**: RKSearchModeOr
*/
@property (nonatomic, assign) RKSearchMode mode;
/**
A Boolean value that determines if the search query should be split into subterms at whitespace boundaries.
**Default**: YES
*/
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL tokenizeQuery;
/**
A Boolean value that determines if whitespace is to be stripped off of the search terms before searching.
This can prevent search misses when the terms have leading/trailing whitespace.
**Default**: YES
*/
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL stripsWhitespace;
/**
A Boolean value that determines if search terms should be matched case sensitively.
**Default**: NO
*/
@property (nonatomic, assign, getter = isCaseSensitive) BOOL caseSensitive;
/**
Creates and returns a search engine object.
@returns A search engine object.
*/
+ (id)searchEngine;
///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// @name Performing a Search
///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
Searches a collection of RKSearchable objects for the given text using the configuration of the receiver
and returns an array of objects for which a match was found.
@return A new array containing the objects in the given collection for which a match was found.
@exception NSInvalidArgumentException Raised if any objects contained in the search collection do not
conform to the RKSearchable protocol.
*/
- (NSArray *)searchFor:(NSString *)searchText inCollection:(NSArray *)collection;
/**
Searches a set of properties in a collection of objects for the given text using the configuration of the receiver
and returns an array of objects for which a match was found.
@return A new array containing the objects in the given collection for which a match was found.
@exception NSInvalidArgumentException Raised if any objects contained in the search collection do not
conform to the RKSearchable protocol.
*/
- (NSArray *)searchFor:(NSString *)searchText onProperties:(NSArray *)properties inCollection:(NSArray *)collection;
@end