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Searching the Directory

One of the most useful features a directory offers is its yellow pages, or search, service. You can specify a query comprising attributes of entries that you are looking for and submit that to the directory. The directory returns a list of entries that satisfy the query.

For example, you can ask the directory for all entries with a bowling average greater than 200, or for all entries representing a person with a surname beginning with "Sch."

The DirContext(in the API reference documentation) interface provides several methods for searching the directory, with progressive degrees of complexity and power. The various aspects of searching the directory are covered in the following sections:


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