[smila-dev] search api : result structure

hi,

I have posted on the wiki page a discussion note, to which nobody replied yet.

hence, in case u missed it, I want to give a gentle hint via the mailing list and suggest to start/continue discussion by mail of these items that I just copied from the wiki page:

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Discussion
Top 1
TM: i suppose that the '_' indicates meta information regarding the result item? is that a convention in this context?

Top 2
TM: previously each result item was an own record. what is the reason to change this so completely?

TOP 3
TM: since score is used to describe and explain the meaning of _weight, why not use _score and convey the meaning directly?

TOP 4 return binary content
TM: there is no nice way to return binary content anymore. these 2 solutions i came up with:

add an attachment to the search record with a name after this pattern: <resultItem-record.Id>.<resultItem.atachmentName>
convert the byte[] into a string and return it in the AnyMap

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adding to this list I want this point:

top 5 result record vs. result item

since the results are returned as part of one record now (see top 2), I suggest to use a diff. wording here. I would talk of result *items* instead of result *records*, since they are not records anymore (in a technical sense) and it gets confusing when classes and documentation still talks about result *record* (at least I was confused in the beginning). hence, I would rename the ResultRecordAccessor -> ResultItemAccessor which yields IMO a clearer distinction to the ResultAccessor.

Thomas Menzel @ brox IT-Solutions GmbH