source: trunk/java-client/org/nzdl/gsdl/service/NzdlQuery.java@ 2688

Last change on this file since 2688 was 2688, checked in by bas6, 23 years ago

Implement Serializable was added to: NzdlQuery, NzdlResultSet, NzdlResponse, NzdlQueryHit and NzdlCacheWrapper. These modifications were done so that NzdlQuery and NzdlResultSet could be saved to disk.

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1/*
2 * NzdlQuery.java
3 * Copyright (C) 2001 New Zealand Digital Library Project
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8 * (at your option) any later version.
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
18 */
19
20//the package we're in
21package org.nzdl.gsdl.service;
22
23import java.util.HashMap;
24import java.util.Map;
25import java.util.Set;
26import java.util.Collection;
27
28import org.nzdl.gsdl.util.NzdlConstants;
29
30/**
31 * NzdlQuery is an object that holds the options for a query and is
32 * easily configured by the user.
33 *
34 * @author Stuart Yeates ([email protected])
35 * @author Aziz Mahoui ([email protected])
36 * @author Gordon Paynter ([email protected])
37 * @author Brett Sheeran ([email protected]) (comments)
38 * @version $Revision: 2688 $
39 */
40
41public class NzdlQuery extends java.lang.Object
42 implements java.io.Serializable{
43
44
45 private Map m_Options = null;
46
47 /**
48 * Creates an instance of NzdlQuery with an empty query string.
49 * This can then be used as a constructor parameter when creating a
50 * {@link NzdlRequest NzdlRequest} object for servicing by a
51 * {@link NzdlService NzdlService} object.
52 * Default values for a NzdlQuery object are: maxDocs 200, startResults= 1,
53 * endResults= 10, queryType= "ranked", caseFolding= true, stemming= false,
54 * queryTerm= "".
55 */
56 public NzdlQuery() {
57 m_Options = new HashMap();
58 setQueryTerm ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_QUERY_TERM );
59 setQueryType ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_QUERY_TYPE );
60 setCaseFolding ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_CASE_FOLDING );
61 setStemming ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_STEMMING );
62 setStartResults( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_START_RESULTS );
63 setEndResults ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_END_RESULTS );
64 setMaxDocs ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_MAX_DOCS );
65 }
66
67 /**
68 * Creates an instance of NzdlQuery with a value for query string. Has the
69 * same default values as NzdlQuery(), with the exception of term which is
70 * loaded into the query string field.
71 * @param term the query string
72 */
73 public NzdlQuery( String _term ) {
74 m_Options = new HashMap();
75 setQueryTerm ( _term );
76 setQueryType ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_QUERY_TYPE );
77 setCaseFolding ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_CASE_FOLDING );
78 setStemming ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_STEMMING );
79 setStartResults( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_START_RESULTS );
80 setEndResults ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_END_RESULTS );
81 setMaxDocs ( NzdlConstants.DEFAULT_MAX_DOCS );
82 }
83
84 /**
85 * Sets the expression to be queried. Note: this can also be done using the
86 * constructor.
87 * @param term the query expression string
88 */
89 public void setQueryTerm(String _term) {
90 m_Options.put("Term", _term);
91 }
92
93 /**
94 * Sets the query type as either "ranked" or "boolean". "ranked"
95 * orders results by suitability. "boolean" allows use of operators such as
96 * !, &, |. Default is "ranked"
97 * @param type "ranked" or "boolean"
98 */
99 public void setQueryType(String _type) {
100 m_Options.put("QueryType", _type);
101 }
102
103 /**
104 * Sets query to ignore case. Default is true.
105 * @param case if false then sets query to be case sensitive. If true
106 * then sets query to be case insenstive.
107 *
108 * removed the string version - surely we only need a boolean method here
109 * Dave
110 *
111 public void setCaseFolding(String _case) {
112 m_Options.put("CaseFold", _case);
113 }
114 */
115
116 /**
117 * Sets query to ignore case. Default is true.
118 * @param case if false then sets query to be case sensitive. If true
119 * then sets query to be case insenstive.
120 */
121
122 public void setCaseFolding(boolean _case) {
123 if (_case == false)
124 m_Options.put("CaseFold", "false");
125 else
126 m_Options.put("CaseFold", "true");
127 }
128
129 /**
130 * Sets query to ignore word endings. Default is "false."
131 * @param stem if "true", sets query to strip endings such as "...ing",
132 * "...ed". If "false", sets query to only match whole words.
133 *
134 public void setStemming(String _stem) {
135 m_Options.put("Stem", _stem);
136 }
137 *
138 * removed the string version - surely we only need a boolean method here
139 * Dave
140 */
141
142 /**
143 * Sets query to ignore word endings. Default is "false."
144 * @param stem if "true", sets query to strip endings such as "...ing",
145 * "...ed". If "false", sets query to only match whole words.
146 */
147 public void setStemming(boolean _stem) {
148 if (_stem == true)
149 m_Options.put("Stem", "true");
150 else
151 m_Options.put("Stem", "false");
152 }
153
154 /**
155 * Sets the maximum number of documents that can be found by a query.
156 * Default is 200.
157 * @param max The maximum permitted number of documents to be found
158 * by the query
159 */
160 public void setMaxDocs(int _max) {
161 m_Options.put("Maxdocs", new Integer(_max));
162 }
163
164 /**
165 * Sets the start number of the result set. The result set is a subset
166 * of the maximum number of documents that will be found by the query.
167 * Default is 1.
168 * @param start the number of the first document, relative to the found
169 * documents
170 */
171 public void setStartResults(int _start) {
172 m_Options.put("StartResults", new Integer(_start));
173 }
174
175 /**
176 * Sets the end number of the result set. The result set is a subset of the
177 * maximum number documents that could be found by that query.
178 * Default is 10.
179 * @param end the number of the last document relative to the found
180 * documents
181 */
182 public void setEndResults(int _end) {
183 m_Options.put("EndResults", new Integer(_end));
184 }
185
186 /**
187 * Returns whether query is "ranked" or "boolean". "ranked" orders results by
188 * suitability. "boolean" allows use of operators such as !, &, |. Default is
189 * "ranked"
190 * @return Either "ranked" or "boolean"
191 */
192 public String getQueryType() {
193 return (String)m_Options.get("QueryType");
194 }
195
196 /**
197 * Returns the query string expression.
198 * @return the query string
199 */
200 public String getQueryTerm() {
201 return (String)m_Options.get("Term");
202 }
203
204 /**
205 * Returns "true" if query is case insenstive. Default is "true"
206 * @return "true" if query is case insenstive, "false" if the query is case
207 * senstive.
208 */
209 public String getCaseFolding() {
210 return (String)m_Options.get("CaseFold");
211 }
212
213 public boolean isCaseFolding() {
214 return ((String)m_Options.get("CaseFold") == "true");
215 }
216
217 /**
218 * Returns "true" if query ignores word endings. Default is "false".
219 * @return "true" if query strips endings such as "...ing" or "...ed" , false
220 * if query only matches whole words.
221 */
222 public String getStemming() {
223 return (String)m_Options.get("Stem");
224 }
225
226 public boolean isStemming() {
227 return ((String)m_Options.get("Stem") == "true");
228 }
229
230
231 /**
232 * Returns the current setting for the maximum number of documents that
233 * may be found by a query. Default is 200.
234 * @return The maximum number of documents to be found
235 */
236 public int getMaxDocs() {
237 return ((Integer) m_Options.get("Maxdocs")).intValue();
238 }
239
240 /**
241 * Returns the start number of the result set. The result set is a subset of
242 * the maximum number of documents that could be found by the query.
243 * Default is 1.
244 * @return The number of the first document relative to the documents that
245 * were found to match the query
246 */
247 public int getStartResults() {
248 return ((Integer) m_Options.get("StartResults")).intValue();
249 }
250
251 /**
252 * Returns the end number of the result set. The result set is a subset of
253 * the maximum number documents that could be found by the query.
254 * Default is 10.
255 * @return The number of the last document relative to the documents that
256 * were found to match the query.
257 */
258 public int getEndResults() {
259 return ((Integer) m_Options.get("EndResults")).intValue();
260 }
261
262 /**
263 * Returns the set of query terms.
264 * @return This set: "EndResults", "QueryType", "Term", "MaxDocs",
265 * "StartResults", "Stem", "CaseFold"
266 */
267 public Set queryKeySet() {
268 return m_Options.keySet();
269 }
270
271 /**
272 * Returns a collection of the current query values.
273 * @return For a default query this collection: 10, "ranked", "", 200, 1
274 * , false, true
275 */
276 public Collection queryValues() {
277 return m_Options.values();
278 }
279
280}
281
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