Package org.eclipse.search.core.text

Class TextSearchEngine

  • public abstract class TextSearchEngine
extends Object
    A TextSearchEngine searches the content of a workspace file resources for matches to a given search pattern.

    create() gives access to an instance of the search engine. By default this is the default text search engine (see createDefault()) but extensions can offer more sophisticated search engine implementations.

    Since:
    3.2

    • Constructor Detail

      • TextSearchEngine

        public TextSearchEngine()

    • Method Detail

      • create

        public static TextSearchEngine create()
        Creates an instance of the search engine. By default this is the default text search engine (see createDefault()), but extensions can offer more sophisticated search engine implementations.
        Returns:
        the created TextSearchEngine.

      • createDefault

        public static TextSearchEngine createDefault()
        Creates the default, built-in, text search engine that implements a brute-force search, not using any search index. Note that clients should always use the search engine provided by create().
        Returns:
        an instance of the default text search engine TextSearchEngine.

      • search

        public abstract IStatus search​(TextSearchScope scope,
                               TextSearchRequestor requestor,
                               Pattern searchPattern,
                               IProgressMonitor monitor)
        Uses a given search pattern to find matches in the content of workspace file resources. If a file is open in an editor, the editor buffer is searched.
        Parameters:
        requestor - the search requestor that gets the search results
        scope - the scope defining the resources to search in
        searchPattern - The search pattern used to find matches in the file contents.
        monitor - the progress monitor to use
        Returns:
        the status containing information about problems in resources searched.

      • search

        public abstract IStatus search​(IFile[] scope,
                               TextSearchRequestor requestor,
                               Pattern searchPattern,
                               IProgressMonitor monitor)
        Uses a given search pattern to find matches in the content of workspace file resources. If a file is open in an editor, the editor buffer is searched.
        Parameters:
        requestor - the search requestor that gets the search results
        scope - the files to search in
        searchPattern - The search pattern used to find matches in the file contents.
        monitor - the progress monitor to use
        Returns:
        the status containing information about problems in resources searched.

      • createPattern

        public static Pattern createPattern​(String pattern,
                                    boolean isCaseSensitive,
                                    boolean isRegex)
                             throws PatternSyntaxException
        Creates a pattern for the given search string and the given options.
        Parameters:
        pattern - the search pattern. If isRegex is:
        • false: a string including '*' and '?' wildcards and '\' for escaping the literals '*', '?' and '\'
        • true: a regex as specified by Pattern plus "\R" denoting a line delimiter (platform independent)
        isRegex - true if the given string follows the Pattern including "\R"
        isCaseSensitive - Set to true to create a case insensitive pattern
        Returns:
        the created pattern
        Throws:
        PatternSyntaxException - if "\R" is at an illegal position
        Since:
        3.8
        See Also:
        Pattern