Re: Redesign of the Search module

Petr Jiricka wrote:
> ...
> 
> I have questions rather than comments:
> 
> Will there still be the "Find" action on every node by default? Will 
> modules that provide nodes need to do something to get this action on 
> their nodes?

Yes, it will be on every node by default. Only modules that want to 
override the default behaviour will need to provide information how to 
search the node.


> Will every module that provides a node in the Logical view need to do 
> something special for Search? Will modules have to specify how a 
> particular node will be searched, or will there be some default 
> behavior, so that the module does not have to do anything?

There will be a default behaviour: If the node to be searched doesn't 
provide any special instructions (i.e. no FileSearchRequest), its subnodes 
are searched recursively. If at least one child returns a non-empty search 
result, a search result group is created for the node to be searched and 
the children's search results are put into it.


> What are the use cases for using the search request API? What are the 
> situations when a module will want to do new 
> FileSearchRequest(myFileSet)?

The module will need to provide search requests if and only if it wants to 
override the default behaviour.


Marian