Base class for all query elements, see remarks.
Declaration Syntax| C# | Visual Basic | Visual C++ |
public abstract class Element
Public MustInherit Class Element
public ref class Element abstract
Members| All Members | Constructors | Methods | Properties | Fields | |
| Icon | Member | Description |
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 | Element(Configuration) |
Creates an instance of Element class.
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 | Configuration |
The instance of the Configuration class that holds the settings to be used.
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| Content |
Returns a string representing the content of the element, this should typically be;
WordElement.Content => theWord
NotWordElement.Content => -theWord
GroupElement.Content => null
PhraseElement.Content => thePhrase (no quotes)
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| CreateLexiconQueries(SearcherIO) |
Creates the LexiconQuery objects for this element.
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 | elementQueryCollection |
The lexicon queries used for the element
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| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.) |
 | Finalize()()() |
Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode()()() |
Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
(Inherited from Object.) |
 | GetIgnoredWords()()() |
Returns the stop words from the original query that were ignored.
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| GetMatchingDocumentIDs(SearcherIO, IntHashtable, SearchOptions, Hashtable) |
Gets all document IDs matching this element.
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| GetType()()() |
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| IsStopWord()()() | |
| MemberwiseClone()()() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString()()() |
Returns a String that represents the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.) |
RemarksA search query contains one or more 'elements' - these are identified as follows.
- PhraseElement - a part of a query between quotes, eg. "this phrase"
- GroupElement - a part of a query between brackets, eg. (this group). Typically holds other elements within it.
- NotWordElement - a word in the query marked with a minus sign, eg. -excludeMe
- WordElement - a word in the query, eg. this
Inheritance Hierarchy| Object | ||
 | Element | |
 | GroupElement | |
| NotWordElement | |
| OperatorElement | |
| PhraseElement | |
| WordElement | |