Package org.netbeans.api.search

This package contains classes that can be used by modules that need to work with Search in Projects dialog, or want to share information about what data was recently searched.

See: Description

Class Summary

Class	Description
RegexpUtil	Helper for creating regular expression patterns for file-name patterns that are specified in search options.
ReplacePattern	Pattern describes the replace conditions ReplacePattern is a wrap class for replace expression.
SearchControl	This class enables users to show search dialog and start searches programatically.
SearchHistory	Shareable search history.
SearchPattern	Pattern describes the search conditions
SearchRoot	Search root is a pair containing a folder (or file) and a set of search filters.
SearchScopeOptions	This class holds user options and custom filters.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
SearchPattern.MatchType	Specifies how the pattern is matched to the searched text.

Package org.netbeans.api.search Description

This package contains classes that can be used by modules that need to work with Search in Projects dialog, or want to share information about what data was recently searched. There are also some utility classes for general usage.

If you want to get or store recently searched items, see SearchHistory, SearchPattern and ReplacePattern

To display Find in Project dialog, and start a search with predefine criteria, use SearchControl with SearchScopeOptions.

Class SearchRoot defines a location in a filesystem where the search should start. RegexpUtil can create a pattern for matching file names. These classes can be useful when implementing some custom search infrastructure.