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1   //
2   // $Revision: 5 $
3   // $LastChangedBy: mhanns $
4   // $Date: 2010-04-01 10:10:45 +0200 (Do, 01 Apr 2010) $
5   // $HeadURL: https://modelrepository.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/modelrepository/trunk/repository/src/main/java/de/uni_leipzig/wifa/iwi/mr3/dao/SearchProcessor.java $
6   //
7   
8   package de.uni_leipzig.wifa.iwi.mr3.dao;
9   
10  import de.uni_leipzig.wifa.iwi.mr3.common.Match;
11  
12  /**
13   * Search processor.
14   */
15  public interface SearchProcessor
16  {
17    /**
18     * Processes a complete search over all direct and indirect instances of
19     * EObject.
20     * 
21     * @param expression
22     *          Search expresion
23     * @param classifiers
24     *          Classifiers to search for
25     * @param isCaseSensitive
26     *          Case sensitive search
27     * @param isRegEx
28     *          Regular expression search
29     * @return array with found models
30     */
31    Match[] processCompleteSearch(
32       final String expression,
33        final String[] classifiers,
34        final boolean isCaseSensitive,
35        final boolean isRegEx);
36  
37    /**
38     * Processes a partial search for instances of given classifiers.
39     * 
40     * @param expression
41     *          Search expresion
42     * @param classifiers
43     *          Classifiers to search for
44     * @param isCaseSensitive
45     *          Case sensitive search
46     * @param isRegEx
47     *          Regular expression search
48     * @return array with found models
49     */
50    Match[] processPartialSearch(
51        final String expression,
52        final String[] classifiers,
53        final boolean isCaseSensitive,
54        final boolean isRegEx);
55  }