TapServiceFinder.Constraint (Starjava VO API)

Enclosing interface:: TapServiceFinder

public static interface TapServiceFinder.Constraint

Describes constraints on tables to be found by a certain query.

Since:: 30 Jun 2015
Author:: Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

String[]

getKeywords()

Returns a list of search terms to be matched against target items.

TapServiceFinder.Target[]

getTargets()

Returns a list of the metadata items against which the supplied keywords are to be matched.

boolean

isAndKeywords()

Indicates how the search terms will be combined when matching against the search targets.

Method Details
- getKeywords
  
  String[] getKeywords()
  
  Returns a list of search terms to be matched against target items.
  
  Returns:
  
  search keywords
- getTargets
  
  TapServiceFinder.Target[] getTargets()
  
  Returns a list of the metadata items against which the supplied keywords are to be matched.
  
  Returns:
  
  search targets
- isAndKeywords
  
  boolean isAndKeywords()
  
  Indicates how the search terms will be combined when matching against the search targets.
  
  Returns:
  
  if true, all keywords must be matched, if false, any keyword must be matched