QueryEngine<T0>.SetSearchDataCallback

Parameters

Description

Sets the callback used to fetch the data that is matched against the search words.

This function lets you register a callback that will be called on each element of the data set you are trying to filter, in order to retrieve the search data that will be compared against search words (i.e. words that are not filters). Here is an example:

// Set up what data from objects of type MyObjectType will be matched against search words
queryEngine.SetSearchDataCallback(myObj => new[] { myObj.id.ToString(), myObj.name });

For a more complete example on how to use this function, see QueryEngine.

Parameters

Description

Sets the callback used to fetch the data that is matched against the search words.

This function lets you register a callback that will be called on each element of the data set you are trying to filter, in order to retrieve the search data that will be compared against search words (i.e. words that are not filters). Also, it gives you tha ability to apply a transformation on the search words themselves to prepare the comparison. This transformation is only done once when the query is parsed.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Search;
using UnityEngine;

static class Example_QueryEngine_SetSearchDataCallback
{
    static List<MyObjectType> s_Data;

    [MenuItem("Examples/QueryEngine/SetSearchDataCallback")]
    public static void RunExample()
    {
        // Set up the query engine
        var queryEngine = new QueryEngine<MyObjectType>();

        // Set the search data callback with a word transformer.
        // The word transformer will make sure that the words used for comparison are already converted to lowercase,
        // which will increase performance by doing comparisons with Ordinal instead of OrdinalIgnoreCase
        queryEngine.SetSearchDataCallback(myObj => new[] { myObj.id.ToString(), myObj.name }, word => word.ToLowerInvariant(), StringComparison.Ordinal);

        s_Data = new List<MyObjectType>()
        {
            new MyObjectType { id = 0, name = "Test 1", position = new Vector2(0, 0), active = false },
            new MyObjectType { id = 1, name = "Test 2", position = new Vector2(0, 1), active = true },
            new MyObjectType { id = 2, name = "Test 3", position = new Vector2(1, 0), active = false },
            new MyObjectType { id = 3, name = "Test 4", position = new Vector2(1.2f, 0), active = false },
        };

        // Find all items that contain "test" in the search data
        var query = queryEngine.Parse("Test");
        var filteredData = query.Apply(s_Data).ToList();
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Count == 4, $"There should be 4 items in the filtered list but found {filteredData.Count} items.");
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Contains(s_Data[0]), "Test 1 should be in the list as its name contains \"test\".");
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Contains(s_Data[1]), "Test 2 should be in the list as its name contains \"test\".");
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Contains(s_Data[2]), "Test 3 should be in the list as its name contains \"test\".");
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Contains(s_Data[3]), "Test 4 should be in the list as its name contains \"test\".");

        // Find all items that have exactly "test 4" in the search data.
        query = queryEngine.Parse("!\"Test 4\"");
        filteredData = query.Apply(s_Data).ToList();
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Count == 1, $"There should be 1 item in the filtered list but found {filteredData.Count} items.");
        Debug.Assert(filteredData.Contains(s_Data[3]), "Test 4 should be in the list as its name is exactly \"test 4\".");
    }

    class MyObjectType
    {
        public int id { get; set; }

        string m_Name = string.Empty;
        public string name
        {
            get => m_Name;
            set => m_Name = value.ToLowerInvariant();
        }

        public Vector2 position { get; set; } = Vector2.zero;
        public bool active { get; set; }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return $"({id}, {name}, ({position.x}, {position.y}), {active})";
        }
    }
}