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[Gagné Sébastien <>]

Hi,

We have a use case where we want to find groups based on a pattern only in their name (not in their display name, it must ignore it). Users have the possibility to search for courses based on a pattern in their course ID, but since our courses’ display name includes the course description(i.e. courseID + ", " + courseDescription), some of the patterns used are matching against part of the description  and these shouldn’t be included.

 

Example :

Search for “CHA%”

Should return :

CHA1010, Change management in software

 

But shouldn’t include :

MEC0101, Mechanical engineering introduction

 

I’m currently using “GrouperDAOFactory.getFactory().getGroup().findAllByApproximateCurrentName(“string”)” but I found out it’s always using the display name, so it’s not suitable for our need.

 

Would it be possible to add an overload with a Boolean to include or not the displayName ? Kind of like the inclusion or not of the alternateName.

Or maybe a new set of methods “findAllByApproximateCurrentNameOnly” ? (the helper method will still need a new Boolean)

 

Thanks

 

 

Sébastien Gagné,     | Analyste en informatique

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