SearchResult.MatchInfo

public static final class SearchResult.MatchInfo extends Object
implements Parcelable

This class represents match objects for any snippets that might be present in SearchResults from a query. Using this class, you can get:

  • the full text - all of the text in that String property
  • the exact term match - the 'term' (full word) that matched the query
  • the subterm match - the portion of the matched term that appears in the query
  • a suggested text snippet - a portion of the full text surrounding the exact term match, set to term boundaries. The size of the snippet is specified in SearchSpec.Builder.setMaxSnippetSize(int)
for each match in the document.

Class Example 1:

A document contains the following text in property "subject":

"A commonly used fake word is foo. Another nonsense word that’s used a lot is bar."

If the queryExpression is "foo" and SearchSpec.getMaxSnippetSize() is 10,

Class Example 2:

A document contains one property named "subject" and one property named "sender" which contains a "name" property.

In this case, we will have 2 property paths: sender.name and subject.

Let sender.name = "Test Name Jr." and subject = "Testing 1 2 3"

If the queryExpression is "Test" with SearchSpec.TERM_MATCH_PREFIX and SearchSpec.getMaxSnippetSize() is 10. We will have 2 matches:

Match-1

Match-2

Nested Class Summary

class SearchResult.MatchInfo.Builder Builder for SearchResult.MatchInfo objects. 

Inherited Constant Summary

Field Summary

public static final Creator<SearchResult.MatchInfo> CREATOR

Public Method Summary

CharSequence
getExactMatch()
Gets the exact term of the given entry that matched the query.
SearchResult.MatchRange
getExactMatchRange()
Gets the SearchResult.MatchRange of the exact term of the given entry that matched the query.
String
getFullText()
Gets the full text corresponding to the given entry.
String
getPropertyPath()
Gets the property path corresponding to the given entry.
PropertyPath
getPropertyPathObject()
Gets a PropertyPath object representing the property path corresponding to the given entry.
CharSequence
getSnippet()
Gets the snippet corresponding to the given entry.
SearchResult.MatchRange
getSnippetRange()
Gets the snippet SearchResult.MatchRange corresponding to the given entry.
CharSequence
getSubmatch()
Gets the exact term subsequence of the given entry that matched the query.
SearchResult.MatchRange
getSubmatchRange()
Gets the SearchResult.MatchRange of the exact term subsequence of the given entry that matched the query.
void
writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)

Inherited Method Summary

Fields

public static final Creator<SearchResult.MatchInfo> CREATOR

Public Methods

public CharSequence getExactMatch ()

Gets the exact term of the given entry that matched the query.

Class example 1: this returns "foo".

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Test" and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Testing".

public SearchResult.MatchRange getExactMatchRange ()

Gets the SearchResult.MatchRange of the exact term of the given entry that matched the query.

Class example 1: this returns [29, 32].

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 4] and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 7].

public String getFullText ()

Gets the full text corresponding to the given entry.

Class example 1: this returns "A commonly used fake word is foo. Another nonsense word that's used a lot is bar."

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Test Name Jr." and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Testing 1 2 3".

public String getPropertyPath ()

Gets the property path corresponding to the given entry.

A property path is a '.' - delimited sequence of property names indicating which property in the document these snippets correspond to.

Example properties: 'body', 'sender.name', 'sender.emailaddress', etc. For class example 1 this returns "subject"

public PropertyPath getPropertyPathObject ()

Gets a PropertyPath object representing the property path corresponding to the given entry.

Methods such as GenericDocument.getPropertyDocument(String) accept a path as a string rather than a PropertyPath object. However, you may want to manipulate the path before getting a property document. This method returns a PropertyPath rather than a String for easier path manipulation, which can then be converted to a String.

public CharSequence getSnippet ()

Gets the snippet corresponding to the given entry.

Snippet - Provides a subset of the content to display. Only populated when requested maxSnippetSize > 0. The size of this content can be changed by SearchSpec.Builder.setMaxSnippetSize(int). Windowing is centered around the middle of the matched token with content on either side clipped to token boundaries.

Class example 1: this returns "foo. Another".

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Test Name" and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Testing 1 2 3".

public SearchResult.MatchRange getSnippetRange ()

Gets the snippet SearchResult.MatchRange corresponding to the given entry.

Only populated when set maxSnippetSize > 0 in SearchSpec.Builder.setMaxSnippetSize(int).

Class example 1: this returns [29, 41].

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 9] and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 13].

public CharSequence getSubmatch ()

Gets the exact term subsequence of the given entry that matched the query.

Class example 1: this returns "foo".

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Test" and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns "Test".

public SearchResult.MatchRange getSubmatchRange ()

Gets the SearchResult.MatchRange of the exact term subsequence of the given entry that matched the query.

Class example 1: this returns [29, 32].

Class example 2: for the first SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 4] and, for the second SearchResult.MatchInfo, this returns [0, 4].

public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, int flags)