interface BackendSpecificInterface in Search API 8

Defines methods common to search servers and backend plugins.

This is separate from \Drupal\search_api\Backend\BackendInterface since the CRUD reaction methods in the server entity differ from those for the backend plugin.

Hierarchy

• interface \Drupal\search_api\Backend\BackendSpecificInterface

1 file declares its use of BackendSpecificInterface

ServerInterface.php in src/ServerInterface.php

File

src/Backend/BackendSpecificInterface.php, line 15

Namespace

Drupal\search_api\Backend

interface BackendSpecificInterface {

  /**
   * Returns additional, backend-specific information about this server.
   *
   * This information will be then added to the server's "View" tab in some way.
   * In the default theme implementation the data is output in a table with two
   * columns along with other, generic information about the server.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of additional server information, with each piece of information
   *   being an associative array with the following keys:
   *   - label: The human-readable label for this data.
   *   - info: The information, as HTML.
   *   - status: (optional) The status associated with this information. One of
   *     "info", "ok", "warning" or "error". Defaults to "info".
   */
  public function viewSettings();

  /**
   * Returns a boolean with the availability of the backend.
   *
   * This can implement a specific call to test if the backend is available for
   * reading. For SOLR or elasticsearch this would be a "ping" to the server to
   * test if it's online. If this is a db-backend that is running on a separate
   * server, this can also be a ping. When it's a db-backend that runs in the
   * same database as the drupal installation; just returning TRUE is enough.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   The availability of the backend.
   */
  public function isAvailable();

  /**
   * Returns all features that this backend supports.
   *
   * Features are optional extensions to Search API functionality and usually
   * defined and used by third-party modules.
   *
   * There are currently two features defined directly in the Search API module:
   * - search_api_mlt, by the
   *   \Drupal\search_api\Plugin\views\argument\SearchApiMoreLikeThis class.
   * - search_api_random_sort, by the
   *   \Drupal\search_api\Plugin\views\query\SearchApiQuery class.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   The identifiers of all features this backend supports.
   *
   * @see hook_search_api_server_features_alter()
   */
  public function getSupportedFeatures();

  /**
   * Determines whether the backend supports a given add-on data type.
   *
   * @param string $type
   *   The identifier of the add-on data type.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the backend supports that data type.
   */
  public function supportsDataType($type);

  /**
   * Limits the processors displayed in the UI for indexes on this server.
   *
   * Returns an array of processor IDs that should not be enabled for this
   * backend. It is a bad idea, for example, to have the "Tokenizer" processor
   * enabled when using a Solr backend.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   A list of processor IDs.
   */
  public function getDiscouragedProcessors();

  /**
   * Provides information on additional fields made available by the backend.
   *
   * If a backend indexes additional data with items and wants to make this
   * available as fixed fields on the index (for example, to be used with
   * Views), it can implement this method to facilitate this.
   *
   * Fields returned here are expected to work correctly with this server when
   * used in query conditions, sorts or similar places.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The index for which fields are being determined.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\search_api\Item\FieldInterface[]
   *   An array of additional fields that are available for this index, keyed by
   *   their field IDs. The field IDs should always start with "search_api_"
   *   (avoiding the special field IDs defined by
   *   \Drupal\search_api\Query\QueryInterface::sort()) to avoid conflicts with
   *   user-defined fields.
   */
  public function getBackendDefinedFields(IndexInterface $index);

  /**
   * Adds a new index to this server.
   *
   * If the index was already added to the server, the object should treat this
   * as if removeIndex() and then addIndex() were called.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The index to add.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error occurred while adding the index.
   */
  public function addIndex(IndexInterface $index);

  /**
   * Notifies the server that an index attached to it has been changed.
   *
   * If any user action is necessary as a result of this, the method should
   * set a message to notify the user.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The updated index.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error occurred while reacting to the change.
   */
  public function updateIndex(IndexInterface $index);

  /**
   * Removes an index from this server.
   *
   * This might mean that the index has been deleted, or reassigned to a
   * different server. If you need to distinguish between these cases, inspect
   * $index->getServerId().
   *
   * If the index wasn't added to the server previously, the method call should
   * be ignored.
   *
   * Implementations of this method should also check whether
   * $index->isReadOnly() and don't delete any indexed data if it is.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface|string $index
   *   Either an object representing the index to remove, or its ID (if the
   *   index was completely deleted).
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error occurred while removing the index.
   */
  public function removeIndex($index);

  /**
   * Indexes the specified items.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The search index for which items should be indexed.
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\Item\ItemInterface[] $items
   *   An array of items to be indexed, keyed by their item IDs.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   The IDs of all items that were successfully indexed.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if indexing was prevented by a fundamental configuration error.
   */
  public function indexItems(IndexInterface $index, array $items);

  /**
   * Deletes the specified items from the index.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The index from which items should be deleted.
   * @param string[] $item_ids
   *   The IDs of the deleted items.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error occurred while trying to delete the items.
   */
  public function deleteItems(IndexInterface $index, array $item_ids);

  /**
   * Deletes all the items from the index.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\IndexInterface $index
   *   The index for which items should be deleted.
   * @param string|null $datasource_id
   *   (optional) If given, only delete items from the datasource with the
   *   given ID.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error occurred while trying to delete indexed items.
   */
  public function deleteAllIndexItems(IndexInterface $index, $datasource_id = NULL);

  /**
   * Executes a search on this server.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\search_api\Query\QueryInterface $query
   *   The query to execute.
   *
   * @throws \Drupal\search_api\SearchApiException
   *   Thrown if an error prevented the search from completing.
   */
  public function search(QueryInterface $query);

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
BackendSpecificInterface::addIndex	public	function	Adds a new index to this server.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::deleteAllIndexItems	public	function	Deletes all the items from the index.	4
BackendSpecificInterface::deleteItems	public	function	Deletes the specified items from the index.	4
BackendSpecificInterface::getBackendDefinedFields	public	function	Provides information on additional fields made available by the backend.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::getDiscouragedProcessors	public	function	Limits the processors displayed in the UI for indexes on this server.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::getSupportedFeatures	public	function	Returns all features that this backend supports.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::indexItems	public	function	Indexes the specified items.	4
BackendSpecificInterface::isAvailable	public	function	Returns a boolean with the availability of the backend.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::removeIndex	public	function	Removes an index from this server.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::search	public	function	Executes a search on this server.	4
BackendSpecificInterface::supportsDataType	public	function	Determines whether the backend supports a given add-on data type.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::updateIndex	public	function	Notifies the server that an index attached to it has been changed.	2
BackendSpecificInterface::viewSettings	public	function	Returns additional, backend-specific information about this server.	2