This method uses the underlying Node Service to perform a search. While this method provides full support for XPath syntax via Jaxen, use of the Node Service means that searches may be less performant, especially for queries such as unconstrained full-text searches. For searches of such a nature it may be better to use xpathSearch(), which provides index-based searching at the cost of a more limited XPath syntax.
Comparison between searching with the Node Service and using index-based searching, plus further information on supported syntax can be found in the developer Wiki.
selectNodes(search)
This method performs an XPath search on the default store, workspace://SpacesStore.
Parameters
- search
-
The search string.
Returns
Returns an array of ScriptNode objects representing the search results.
selectNodes(store, search)
This method performs an XPath search on the specified store.
Parameters
- store
-
The store to search.
- search
-
The search string.
Returns
Returns an array of ScriptNode objects representing the search results.
Example
var searchString = "//*"; // XPath search string
var store = "workspace://SpacesStore";
var nodes = search.selectNodes(store, searchString);
The following JavaScript snippet shows a typical search query:
// call in JS
model.nodes = search.selectNodes("/app:company_home/app:dictionary/*[like(@cm:name,'*templates')]")
Given the following FTL template:
<#list nodes as node>
<p>${node.name}</p>
</#list>
The result would be:
Email Templates
Presentation Templates
Space Templates
RSS Templates
Node Templates