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// Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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// Contributors:
// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.search;

import org.eclipse.epf.search.configuration.ConfigurationHitEntry;
import org.eclipse.epf.search.configuration.ConfigurationSearchQuery;

/**
 * The Search Service API.
 * 
 * @author Kelvin Low
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ISearchService {

	/**
	 * Searches a published configuration.
	 * 
	 * @param path
	 *            an absolute path to a published configuration
	 * @param searchQuery
	 *            a configuration search query
	 * @return an array of <code>ConfigurationHitEntry</code> objects
	 * @throws SearchServiceException
	 *             if an error occurs while executing the operation
	 */
	public ConfigurationHitEntry[] searchConfiguration(String path,
			ConfigurationSearchQuery searchQuery) throws SearchServiceException;

}