[MNT-25681] Search refactoring and unification (#12019)

* [MNT-25681] Search refactoring and unification

* [MNT-25681] CR fixes
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Michal Kinas
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Title: Search Query Builder service
Added: v2.3.0
Status: Active
Last reviewed: 2019-03-19
Last reviewed: 2026-06-29
---
# [Search Query Builder service](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/services/search-query-builder.service.ts "Defined in search-query-builder.service.ts")
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## Class members
### Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| userQuery | `string` | The raw query string typed by the user. Setting it stores the value, records it in `filterRawParams` and recomputes `parsedQuery` according to the current `searchMode`. |
| parsedQuery | `string` (read-only) | The query derived from `userQuery`. In `regular` mode the user terms are expanded against the configured fields (see `app:fields`) and optionally wildcarded; in `formula` mode it is identical to `userQuery`. |
| searchMode | `'regular' \| 'formula'` | Controls how `userQuery` is turned into `parsedQuery`. `regular` (default) parses the user input into a field query; `formula` uses the user input verbatim as an AFTS expression. |
| selectedConfigurationId | `string` | Id of the currently active search configuration. Setting it also records the value in `filterRawParams`. |
| encodedQuery | `string` (read-only) | The Base64-encoded `filterRawParams`, produced by `encodeQuery()` and written to the `q` route query parameter. |
| wildcardsEnabled | `boolean` (read-only) | Reads the `search-wildcards-enabled` app config flag (default `true`). When enabled, query terms are suffixed with `*` so partial matches are returned. |
### Methods
- **addFilterQuery**(query: `string`)<br/>
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- **Returns** `SearchRequest` - The finished query
- **encodeQuery**()<br/>
Encodes query shards stored in `filterRawParams` property.
- **execute**(queryBody?: `SearchRequest`)<br/>
Builds and executes the current query.
- _queryBody:_ `SearchRequest` - (Optional)
- **execute**(updateQueryParams: `boolean` = `true`, queryBody?: `SearchRequest`)<br/>
Builds and executes the current query, then emits the result on the `executed` stream.
- _updateQueryParams:_ `boolean` - (Optional) When `true` (default) the encoded query is written to the `q` route query parameter. Pass `false` to execute without updating the URL.
- _queryBody:_ `SearchRequest` - (Optional) Pre-built query to execute instead of building one from the current state.
- **getDefaultConfiguration**(): [`SearchConfiguration`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/search-configuration.interface.ts)`|undefined`<br/>
- **Returns** [`SearchConfiguration`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/search-configuration.interface.ts)`|undefined` -
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- **Returns** `boolean` -
- **isOperator**(input: `string`): `boolean`<br/>
Checks whether the supplied string is a logical `AND` or `OR` operator. Used when parsing a multi-word user query in `regular` search mode.
- _input:_ `string` - String to check
- **Returns** `boolean` - `true` if the trimmed string is `AND` or `OR`, otherwise `false`
- **loadConfiguration**(): [`SearchConfiguration`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/search-configuration.interface.ts)<br/>
- **Returns** [`SearchConfiguration`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/search-configuration.interface.ts) -
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Removes an existing bucket from a field.
- _field:_ [`FacetField`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/facet-field.interface.ts) - The target field
- _bucket:_ [`FacetFieldBucket`](../../../lib/content-services/src/lib/search/models/facet-field-bucket.interface.ts) - Bucket to remove
- **resetToDefaults**()<br/>
- **resetToDefaults**(withNavigate: `boolean` = `false`, resetUserQuery: `boolean` = `true`)<br/>
Resets the query builder back to the default search configuration.
- _withNavigate:_ `boolean` - (Optional) When `true`, clears the `q` route query parameter while resetting. Defaults to `false`.
- _resetUserQuery:_ `boolean` - (Optional) When `true` (default), the `userQuery` and its parsed form are cleared. Pass `false` to keep the current user query while resetting the rest of the options.
- **search**(queryBody: `SearchRequest`): [`Observable`](http://reactivex.io/documentation/observable.html)`<`[`ResultSetPaging`](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-js-api/blob/develop/src/api/search-rest-api/docs/ResultSetPaging.md)`>`<br/>
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- _scope:_ `RequestScope` -
- **update**(queryBody?: `SearchRequest`)<br/>
Builds the current query and triggers the `updated` event.
- _queryBody:_ `SearchRequest` - (Optional)
- **updateSearchQueryParams**() <br/>
Encodes the query and navigates to existing search route adding encoded query as a search param.
- **updateSelectedConfiguration**(index: `number`)<br/>
- _index:_ `number` -
- **updateSelectedConfiguration**(id: `string`, resetFilters: `boolean` = `true`, shouldExecute: `boolean` = `true`)<br/>
Switches the active search configuration to the one matching the supplied id (only relevant when multiple configurations are provided).
- _id:_ `string` - Id of the configuration to select
- _resetFilters:_ `boolean` - (Optional) When `true` (default), the current search options are reset before applying the new configuration. Pass `false` to keep them.
- _shouldExecute:_ `boolean` - (Optional) When `true` (default), the query is executed immediately after switching configuration.
## Details
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```ts
constructor(queryBuilder: SearchQueryBuilderService) {
queryBuilder.updated.subscribe(query => {
this.queryBuilder.execute();
});
queryBuilder.executed.subscribe(data => {
this.onDataLoaded(data);
});
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}
```
To run a search, build the query state (for example by setting `userQuery` or by letting a
search widget update `queryFragments`) and then call `execute()`. The result is delivered
through the `executed` stream.
```ts
this.queryBuilder.userQuery = 'invoice';
void this.queryBuilder.execute();
```
> **Note:** Earlier versions exposed an `updated` stream and an `update()` method that built the
> query and emitted it so that a subscriber could call `execute()`. Both have been removed; build
> the query state and call `execute()` directly instead.
### Search modes
The builder supports two search modes, selected through the `searchMode` property:
- **regular** (default) - the text in `userQuery` is treated as user input and parsed into a
field query. The query is split into terms, each term is matched against the fields listed in
the `app:fields` search configuration entry (falling back to `cm:name`), and a `*` wildcard is
appended when wildcards are enabled. Bare `AND`/`OR` words are preserved as operators.
- **formula** - the text in `userQuery` is used verbatim as an [AFTS](https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/latest/develop/search-api/) expression, allowing callers that already build their own query syntax to bypass parsing.
> **Note:** From ADF 3.0.0, the query contains the `"facetFormat": "V2"` parameter so that all the responses have the same structure whether they come from search queries containing facetFields, facetQueries, grouped facetQueries or facetIntervals.
## Runtime Configuration