Web Services Essentials

Find Qualifiers

Each of the find functions can take an optional list of UDDI find qualifiers, which enable more precise search criteria. Table 8-2 provides a list of the most frequently used UDDI find qualifiers.

Table 8-2. Most frequently used UDDI find qualifiers

Find qualifier	Description
exactNameMatch	Mandates an exact name match
caseSensitiveMatch	Mandates that the search be case-sensitive
sortByNameAsc	Sorts results by name in ascending alphabetic order
sortByNameDesc	Sorts results by name in descending alphabetic order
sortByDateAsc	Sorts results by date last updated in ascending chronological order
sortByDateDesc	Sorts results by date last updated in descending chronological order
soundex	Mandates a sound-alike search for the specified name (UDDI 2.0 only)

The following example illustrates the use of the exactNameMatch qualifier:

<find_business generic="1.0" xmlns="urn:uddi-org:api">
   <findQualifiers>
      <findQualifier>exactNameMatch</findQualifier>
   </findQualifiers>
   <name>Ariba, Inc</name>
</find_business>

UDDI’s search facilities are fairly comprehensive and may be enhanced in future versions.