Finds documents 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 documents whose column values match the keys.

Defined in

View

Syntax

public DocumentCollection getAllDocumentsByKey(java.util.Vector keys)
   throws NotesException

public DocumentCollection getAllDocumentsByKey(Object key)
   throws NotesException

public DocumentCollection getAllDocumentsByKey(java.util.Vector keys, boolean exact)
   throws NotesException

public DocumentCollection getAllDocumentsByKey(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.

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

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

DocumentCollection

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

For the getAllDocumentsByKey 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 documents whose column values match the keys. To locate just the first document, use getDocumentByKey.

Documents returned by this method are in no particular order, and do not provide access to column values. Use getAllEntriesByKey for these capabilities.

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 documents. If the first key is partial and the second column does not sort the same with the partial key as with the exact key, documents that fall out of sequence are missed.

To get view entry information about the documents, use the getAllEntriesByKey method.

Language cross-reference

GetAllDocumentsByKey method in LotusScript NotesView class

Example
See Also

Working with view entries and navigators

Glossary