org.broadleafcommerce.core.search.dao

Interface SearchFacetDao

All Known Implementing Classes:

SearchFacetDaoImpl

public interface SearchFacetDao

DAO used to interact with the database search facets

Author:

Andre Azzolini (apazzolini)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<SearchFacet>	readAllSearchFacets(FieldEntity entityType) Returns all SearchFacets that are tagged with showOnSearch for the given entity type
<T> List<T>	readDistinctValuesForField(String fieldName, Class<T> fieldValueClass) Returns the distinct values for the given fieldName inside of the search clas sas a list of the specified type.
SearchFacet	save(SearchFacet searchFacet) Persist to the data layer.

Method Detail

readDistinctValuesForField

<T> List<T> readDistinctValuesForField(String fieldName,
                                     Class<T> fieldValueClass)

Returns the distinct values for the given fieldName inside of the search clas sas a list of the specified type. For example, reading the distinct values for "manufacturer" in the ProductImpl class and specifying the value class as String would search the ProductImpl entity's distinct manufacturers and return a List of these values.

Parameters:

fieldName -

fieldValueClass -

Returns:

the distinct values for the field

readAllSearchFacets

List<SearchFacet> readAllSearchFacets(FieldEntity entityType)

Returns all SearchFacets that are tagged with showOnSearch for the given entity type

Returns:

the facets to display on searches

save

SearchFacet save(SearchFacet searchFacet)

Persist to the data layer.

Parameters:

searchFacet - the instance to persist

Returns:

the instance after it has been persisted