store.luceneSearch(query), what does it look for?

[gronfelt]

The JavaScript describes a method in the AVM Store API named store.luceneSearch(query). How is this method supposed to be used, what properties could one search for?  What should the query look like?

[pmonks]

How is this method supposed to be used

The API reference is available at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/3.1_JavaScript_API#Search_API.

what properties could one search for?

All of the standard properties described at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search#Summary_of_queryable_fields plus any custom properties that are configured to be indexed (see http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Data_Dictionary_Guide#Additional_Property_Capabilities).

What should the query look like?

The Lucene section of the Search wiki page (http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search) contains numerous examples showing different types of search.  It also helps to become familiar with Lucene's own documentation on the search syntax (see http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_3_2/queryparsersyntax.html).

If you're interested in searching XML files emitted by WCM Web Forms, you'll also need to configure XML Metadata Extraction (see http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Metadata_Extraction#XML_Meta-data_Extractor_Configuration_for_WCM).  This allows elements to be extracted from the XML files and indexed into Lucene (in the same manner as DM style type and aspect properties).

Cheers,
Peter