/**********************************************************************
 *
 * search.h -- abstract search class for mg systems
 * Copyright (C) 1999  The New Zealand Digital Library Project
 *
 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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#ifndef SEARCH_H
#define SEARCH_H

#include "text_t.h"
#include "querycache.h"

#define RESULTCACHESIZE 10
#define MAXNUMDOCS      1000000
#define MAXNUMTERMS     100

class searchclass {
public:
  searchclass ();
  virtual ~searchclass ();

  // in subclass, should be over-rided to return "mg" or "mgpp"
  virtual text_t get_textindex_type()=0;
  // the index directory must be set before any searching
  // is done
  virtual void setcollectdir (const text_t &thecollectdir);
  
  // the search results are returned in queryresults
  // search returns 'true' if it was able to do a search
   virtual bool search(const queryparamclass &queryparams, 
	      queryresultsclass &queryresults)=0;
  
  // the document text for 'docnum' is placed in 'output'
  // docTargetDocument returns 'true' if it was able to
  // try to get a document
  // collection is needed to see if an index from the 
  // collection is loaded. If no index has been loaded
  // defaultindex is needed to load one
  virtual bool docTargetDocument(const text_t &defaultindex,
			 const text_t &defaultsubcollection,
			 const text_t &defaultlanguage,
			 const text_t &collection,
			 int docnum,
			 text_t &output)=0;

  // unload_database clears any cached databases - 
  // this is useful when attempting to
  // completely remove all trace of a collectionserver at runtime (when
  // using a persistent version of Greenstone like the windows local
  // library)
  virtual void unload_database ()=0;

protected:
  querycache *cache;
  text_t collectdir; // the collection directory

};


#endif