getAllEntriesByKey (View - Java™)

Finds view entries of type document based on their column values within a view. You create a key or vector of keys, where each key corresponds to a value in a sorted column in the view. The method returns all entries whose column values match the keys.

Defined in

View

Syntax

public ViewEntryCollection getAllEntriesByKey(java.util.Vector keys)
    throws NotesException
public ViewEntryCollection getAllEntriesByKey(Object key)
    throws NotesException
public ViewEntryCollection getAllEntriesByKey(java.util.Vector keys, boolean exact)
    throws NotesException
public ViewEntryCollection getAllEntriesByKey(Object key, boolean exact)
    throws NotesException

Parameters

java.util.Vector keys

String, Number, DateTime, or DateRange objects that are compared to sorted columns in the view. The first element in the vector is compared to the first sorted column in the view; the second element is compared to the second sorted column; and so on.

Object key

A String, Number, DateTime, or DateRange object that is compared to the first sorted column in the view.

boolean exact

Specify true if you want to find an exact match. If you specify false or omit this parameter, a partial match succeeds.

Return value

ViewEntryCollection

All entries of type document in the view whose column values match each of the keys. If no entries match, the collection is empty and the count is zero.

Usage

For the getAllEntriesByKey method to work using a key, you must have at least one column sorted for every key in the vector.

This method returns all the view entries of type document whose column values match the keys. To locate just the first entry, use getEntryByKey.

Entries returned by this method are in view order and provide access to column values.

Matches are not case-sensitive. For example, "Turban" matches "turban." In an exact match, "cat" matches "cat" but does not match "category," while "20" matches "20" but does not match "201." In a partial match, "T" matches "Tim" or "turkey," but does not match "attic," while "cat" matches "catalog" or "category," but does not match "coat" or "bobcat."

The use of partial matches with multiple keys may result in missed entries. If the first key is partial and the second column does not sort the same with the partial key as with the exact key, entries that fall out of sequence are missed.

If any columns are formatted with both categories and subcategories in the same column (using the "\\" special character), the method will not find the entries.

This method is similar to getAllDocumentsByKey.

Example