Package com.yahoo.search.dispatch

Class SearchPath

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.search.dispatch.SearchPath

public class SearchPath
extends Object

Utility class for parsing model.searchPath and filtering a search cluster based on it.

Author:

ollivir

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	SearchPath.InvalidSearchPathException

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<Node>	selectNodes(String searchPath, SearchCluster cluster)	Parses the search path and select nodes from the given cluster based on it.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

selectNodes

public static List<Node> selectNodes(String searchPath,
 SearchCluster cluster)

Parses the search path and select nodes from the given cluster based on it.

Parameters:

searchPath - unparsed search path expression (see: model.searchPath in Search API reference)

cluster - the search cluster from which nodes are selected

Returns:

list of nodes chosen with the search path, or an empty list in which case some other node selection logic should be used

Throws:

SearchPath.InvalidSearchPathException - if the searchPath is malformed

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object