Creating a Search Object

To search the registry, the user must create a search object using a BeanPool instance. The BeanPool offers several methods for creating search objects:

Without arguments:

BeanPool.createSearch();

This creates a search object which, when executed, searches for objects in the registry from all registered bean types. See Bean Types Managed by CSAF.

When a List of items is passed:

BeanPool.createSearch(List<Class<? extends RegistryBean>> beanClasses)

The created search object searches through all objects in the registry, from the specified list of types.

When a single type is passed:

BeanPool.createSearch(Class<? extends RegistryBean bean> beanClass)

The search object searches the registry only for items from the specified type.

The search object has a result() method that searches the registry and returns a list of all RegistryBean objects that satisfy the search criteria.

Example:

BeanPool beanPool = sessionContext.getCurrentBeanPool();

Search search = beanPool.createSearch();