IndexSearchDao.java

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package org.finra.herd.dao;

import java.util.Set;

import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.IndexSearchRequest;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.IndexSearchResponse;

/**
 * IndexSearchDao
 */
public interface IndexSearchDao
{
    /**
     * The index search method will accept an index search request as a parameter and will return an index search result. The result will be an index search
     * based on the search term contained in the index search request.
     *
     * @param request the index search request containing the search term
     * @param fields the set of fields that are to be returned in the index indexSearch response
     *
     * @return the index search response containing the search results
     */
    IndexSearchResponse indexSearch(final IndexSearchRequest request, final Set<String> fields);
}