Cq5 Querybuilder: .Adaptto (Berlin)

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CQ5 QueryBuilder
Alexander Klimetschek | Senior Developer, Day | @alexkli
2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.
Agenda
(1) What it looks like & Use Cases
(2) Philosophy & Consequences
(3) Debugging
(4) Queries & Samples
(5) Running Queries
(6) Facets
(7) Extending
QueryBuilder - What it looks like
Search for jar files, and order them newest first:

type=nt:file
nodename=*.jar
orderby=@jcr:content/jcr:lastModified
orderby.sort=desc
As URL:
http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json?
type=nt:file&nodename=*.jar&
orderby=@jcr:content/jcr:lastModified&orderby.sort=desc
Result as JSON:
{
success: true,
results: 10,
total: 155,
offset: 0,
hits: [{
path: "/apps/cloudmgr/install/cq-change-admin-pwd-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
excerpt: "application/java-archive"
name: "cq-change-admin-pwd-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"
....
},{...}
]
}
QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011
Use Cases!?
Advanced query forms
DAM Asset share
form-based elements
querybuilder UI components
author can add/remove them

individually
normal form POST or via AJAX
Content Finder would be cool....
Search component in CQ (for facets)
Quick AJAX json query from the client side
Philosophy
QueryBuilder is...
an API to build queries for a query engine (JCR XPath underneath)
especially via URL query parameters (GET & POSTs)
compatible with HTML forms
allowing to add/remove conditions (predicates) individually
allowing copy/paste of queries
easily extensible
providing some goodies (e.g. facets)
QueryBuilder is not...
a query engine itself
does not have its own search index
or even cache
Consequences: URL parameters
Set of key = value pairs
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Keep it short for GET requests
as fallback, use POST to transport long queries
but short queries are more readable
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=> Avoid duplication in parameter names

=> Allow to write custom shortcut predicates (extensible)
Order must be encoded in parameter names
HTML form GETs/POSTs are required to be in order
but the Java servlet spec gives you a hash map....
=> Conflicts with short names above

=> Solution is not very intuitive the first time, but it works
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More Consequences
HTML checkbox behaviour
checked: field=on
not checked: <not sent with the request>
Predicates are separate entities
though grouping exists
Copy/paste
obvious one, but XPath for JCR does not respect it (limit & oset)
nothing that can only be done through an API call
global settings, given as p.offset=10
Extensible
predicates evaluators as OSGi components
SCR registration to associate with predicate name
QueryBuilder Debugger
http://localhost:4502/libs/cq/search/content/querydebug.html
Debug logs
For all query builder executed queries
Set com.day.cq.search to INFO or DEBUG or TRACE level
Standard INFO level (shortened):

15.09.2011 19:17:48.566 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
nodename=*.jar&type=nt%3afile
15.09.2011 19:17:48.566 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
ROOT=group: [
{nodename=nodename: nodename=*.jar}
{type=type: type=nt:file}
]
15.09.2011 19:17:48.567 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.569 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.569 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.752 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.753 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.753 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
15.09.2011 19:17:48.753 *INFO* ...QueryImpl
executing query (URL):

executing query (predicate tree):
xpath query: //element(*, nt:file)

xpath query took 3 ms
filtering predicates: {nodename=nodename: nodename=*.jar}
>> xpath query returned 5098 results (counted)
filtering took 184 ms
>> after filtering there are 155 results
entire query execution took 187 ms
For production, set it to WARN or ERROR ;-)
Anatomy of a query
Predicate name and type and parameter
Predicates
type=cq:Page
property=jcr:content/cq:template
property.value=/apps/geometrixx/templates/homepage
Parameter
Value
Predicates type is mirrored as parameter internally:

type.type=cq:Page
property.property=jcr:content/cq:template
property.value=/apps/geometrixx/templates/homepage
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Predicate resolution & execution
Internally, a predicate evaluator is resolved
Based on the type
OSGi component (using factories)
Handles:
mapping to xpath (required)
filtering of results
custom ordering mechanism
facet extraction
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Multiple predicates of the same type
Fixed numbering scheme
Name = <nr>_<type>
Allows to define an order
work around hash maps
type=cq:Page
1_property=jcr:content/cq:template
1_property.value=/apps/geometrixx/templates/homepage
2_property=jcr:content/jcr:title
2_property.value=English
No custom names possible!
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Standard predicates
path
supports multiple paths
but beware: can be slow
tagid & tag
language
property
page languages
event
JCR property
calendar
dierent operations
example for shortening
type
node type
fulltext
full text search
range
daterange
similar
rep:similar
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Ordering
Use (special) orderby predicate
sort ascending by default, use orderby.desc=true for descending
(1) Order by JCR properties
orderby=@cq:tags
orderby=@jcr:content/cq:tags
(2) Reference predicate by name
orderby=1_property
predicate evaluator must provide ordering
simply a list of properties (=> used in xpath query)
or a custom Comparator (=> run after filtering)
Multiple orderings
1_orderby=@cq:tags
2_orderby=@cq:lastModified
3_orderby=nodename
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Grouping of predicates
Special group predicate

fulltext=Management
group.p.or=true
group.1_path=/content/geometrixx/en
group.2_path=/content/dam/geometrixx
Like brackets:
(fulltext AND (path=... OR path=...))
Nested:
fulltext=Management
group.p.or=true
group.1_group.path=/content/geometrixx/en
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group.1_group.type=cq:Page
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Be w e s l o w !
group.2_group.path=/content/dam/geometrixx C a n b
group.2_group.type=dam:Asset
(ft AND ( (path= AND type=) OR (path= AND type=) ))
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Running queries
Default servlets
JSON: http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json
Atom feed: http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.feed
iCalendar: http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.ics
Java API
PredicateGroup root = PredicateGroup.create(request.getParameterMap());
Query query = queryBuilder.createQuery(root, session);
SearchResult result = query.getResult();
for (Hit hit : result.getHits()) {
String path = hit.getPath();
// ....
}
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JSON servlet
JSON: http://localhost:4502/bin/querybuilder.json
p.hits selects how the hits are written
simple
path, lastmodified, etc. only
full
full sling json rendering of node
by default entire subtree
p.nodedepth=1 as in slings json (0 = infinity)
selective
p.properties is an array of properties to write
just the node itself
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Java API
From HTTP request:

Session session = request.getResourceResolver().adaptTo(Session.class);
PredicateGroup root = PredicateGroup.create(request.getParameterMap());
Query query = queryBuilder.createQuery(root, session);
From hash map:

Map map = new HashMap();
map.put("path", "/content");
map.put("type", "nt:file");
Query query = builder.createQuery(PredicateGroup.create(map), session);
From predicates:
PredicateGroup group = new PredicateGroup();
group.add(new Predicate("mypath", "path").set("path", "/content"));
group.add(new Predicate("mytype", "type").set("type", "nt:file"));
Query query = builder.createQuery(group, session);
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Persisted Queries
Store query
in Java properties file format
in the repository
as file node
or as string property
Query query = .... // create query normally
// store query as file
queryBuilder.storeQuery(query, /content/myquery, true, session);
// load it again
Query query = queryBuilder.loadQuery(/content/myquery, session);
List component allows this
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Facets
Extract set of possible values found in current result
Options for a more specific query
Facet = set of buckets
Facet = tag
Buckets = product, business, marketing
Buckets can also be custom ranges
Facet = daterange
Buckets = yesterday, last week, last year...

Map<String, Facet> facets = result.getFacets();
for (String key : facets.keySet()) {
Facet facet = facets.get(key);
if (facet.getContainsHit()) {
writer.key(key).array();
for (Bucket bucket : facet.getBuckets()) {
}
}
}
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Run new query based on facet/bucket
Simple as that:
String bucketURL =
query.refine(bucket).getPredicates().toURL();
Facets are extracted for all predictes in the current query
keep them empty if they should not search

type=cq:Page
1_property=jcr:content/cq:template
1_property.value=/apps/geometrixx/templates/homepage
2_property=jcr:content/jcr:title
No value for 2_property

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Extending: Writing custom predicate evaluators

/** @scr.component metatype="no"
*
factory="com.day.cq.search.eval.PredicateEvaluator/event" */
public class EventPredicateEvaluator extends AbstractPredicateEvaluator {
public String getXPathExpression(Predicate p, EvaluationContext context) {
final String from = p.get(from);
final String to = p.get(to);
// build xpath snippet
return @start = ,... and @end = ,...;
}
public String[] getOrderByProperties(Predicate predicate, EvaluationContext ctx) {
return new String[] { start };
}
public boolean canFilter(Predicate predicate, EvaluationContext context) {
return false;
}
public boolean canXpath(Predicate predicate, EvaluationContext context) {
return true;
}
}
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Filtering & Facet extraction
In addition or alternatively to xpath, a predicate can filter
goes over nodes in result and says include or drop

public boolean includes(Predicate p, Row row, EvaluationContext context)
Facet extraction is lazy
Evaluator returns a FacetExtractor
Base implementations available
PropertyFacetExtractor
DistinctValuesFacetExtractor
PredefinedBucketsFacetExtractor
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Documentation
Basic docs plus some examples:
http://wem.help.adobe.com/enterprise/en_US/10-0/wem/dam/
customizing_and_extendingcq5dam/query_builder.html
Javadocs
http://wem.help.adobe.com/enterprise/en_US/10-0/wem/javadoc/com/day/cq/search/
package-summary.html
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2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - What it looks like

Search for jar files, and order them newest first:

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

Advanced query forms

DAM Asset share

author can add/remove them

normal form POST or via AJAX

Content Finder would be cool....

Search component in CQ (for facets)

Quick AJAX json query from the client side

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

an API to build queries for a query engine (JCR XPath underneath)

especially via URL query parameters (GET & POSTs)

compatible with HTML forms

allowing to add/remove conditions (predicates) individually

allowing copy/paste of queries

providing some goodies (e.g. facets)

a query engine itself

does not have its own search index

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

Consequences: URL parameters

Set of key = value pairs

Java: hash maps, property files

Keep it short for GET requests

as fallback, use POST to transport long queries

but short queries are more readable

=> Avoid duplication in parameter names

Order must be encoded in parameter names

HTML form GETs/POSTs are required to be in order

but the Java servlet spec gives you a hash map....

=> Conflicts with short names above

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

HTML checkbox behaviour

not checked: <not sent with the request>

Predicates are separate entities

though grouping exists

nothing that can only be done through an API call

global settings, given as p.offset=10

predicates evaluators as OSGi components

SCR registration to associate with predicate name

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential.

QueryBuilder - AdaptTo(Berlin) 2011

For all query builder executed queries

Set com.day.cq.search to INFO or DEBUG or TRACE level

Standard INFO level (shortened):

executing query (URL):

xpath query: //element(*, nt:file)