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    Interface SearchEngine

    Interface that must be implemented by specific search engines, responsible for performing indexing and querying and translating abstract queries into concrete, search engine-specific queries.

    Import from @backstage/plugin-search-backend-node instead

    interface SearchEngine {
        getIndexer(type: string): Promise<Writable>;
        query(
            query: SearchQuery,
            options?: QueryRequestOptions,
        ): Promise<IndexableResultSet>;
        setTranslator(translator: QueryTranslator): void;
    }
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    getIndexer query setTranslator

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    • Factory method for getting a search engine indexer for a given document type.

      Parameters

      • type: string

        The type or name of the document set for which an indexer should be retrieved. This corresponds to the type property on the document collator/decorator factories and will most often be used to identify an index or group to which documents should be written.

      Returns Promise<Writable>

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