Express (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Secure applications and their environment > Authenticate users > Select a registry or repository > Manage realms in a federated repository > Virtual member manager > Reference > Virtual member manager APIs > ProfileService interface
search method
Use the search method to find entries in the profile repositories that match the search criteria.
Purpose
The search method searches the profile repositories for entities matching the given search expression and returns them with the requested properties.Only the entities which match the search expression are returned. The following controls are related to search: SearchControl, SearchResponseControl, PageControl, PageResponseControl, SortControl, and SortResponseControl.
Parameters
root
Root data object containing the controls related to the search.
Returns
The root data object containing the entities matching the search expression.
Exceptions
- WIMException:
- RemoteException:
Signature
public DataObject search(DataObject root) throws WIMException, RemoteException
Parent topic: ProfileService interface