DocumentOperationsExtensions.Search Method (IDocumentOperations, String)

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03/04/2015
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Searches for documents in the Azure Search index. (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn798927.aspx for more information)

Namespace: Microsoft.Azure.Search
Assembly: Microsoft.Azure.Search (in Microsoft.Azure.Search.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim operations As IDocumentOperations
Dim searchText As String
Dim returnValue As DocumentSearchResponse(Of T)

returnValue = DocumentOperationsExtensions.Search(operations, searchText)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Search(Of T) ( _
    operations As IDocumentOperations, _
    searchText As String _
) As DocumentSearchResponse(Of T)

[ExtensionAttribute] 
public static DocumentSearchResponse<T> Search<T> (
    IDocumentOperations operations,
    string searchText
)

[ExtensionAttribute] 
public:
generic<typename T>
static DocumentSearchResponse<T>^ Search (
    IDocumentOperations^ operations, 
    String^ searchText
)

GenericParameters

T
The CLR type that maps to the index schema. Instances of this type can be retrieved as documents from the index.

Parameters

searchText
A full-text search query expression; See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn798920.aspx for more information about search query syntax.

Return Value

Response containing the documents matching the query.

Remarks

The generic overloads of the Search and SearchAsync methods support mapping of Azure Search field types to .NET types via the type parameter T. See GetAsync(String,Generic IEnumerable,CancellationToken) for more details on the type mapping.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012