ILOG JRules User Guide > Creating Rule Projects > Tasks > Searching > Searching the Business Object Model

You can search for BOM classes and packages or limit the search to the current BOM.

To search for classes and packages of the BOM:

  1. In the Search menu select BOM to open the BOM Search page in the Search dialog:
  2. images/BOM_Search.png
  3. Specify patterns to find classes and packages in the Search string field.
  4. Use * to specify any string and ? to specify any character. This enables you to specify all or part of the name of the classes or packages you are searching for.
  5. Select the Case Sensitive box if you want your search to be case sensitive.
  6. Click Search.
  7. The results display in the Search view.

Your search can be limited to the current BOM.

To search in the currently selected rule project only:

  1. Highlight the rule project in the Rule Explorer.
  2. Open the BOM Search page in the Search dialog and set up the search.
  3. Select the scope in the Scope area:
  4. To search on BOMs in all the rule projects in the workspace, select Workspace.
    To search on BOMs for specific rule projects, select Selected Resources.
  5. Click Search.
  6. The results display in the Search view.

For every match, the Search view shows the name of the class or package, its container, and the BOM file where it is located.

To open the BOM editor corresponding to the match, double-click on the match:

Related Concepts

Rule Project
Rule Project Storage
Execution Object Model (XOM)
Business Object Model (BOM)
BOM and XOM
Vocabulary
Categories

Related Tasks

Searching Rule Project Elements
Searching the Execution Object Model