PATH Carbon Developer Documentation > Utilities > Find By Content

Find By Content is a new system-level search facility implemented as a Code Fragment Manager library. The Sherlock application is a client of Find By Content and uses its search facilities for performing content-based searches, both locally and on the Internet. Because each Internet search site has its own particular format for query and response information, the Sherlock application uses plug-ins that describe data formats used by these sites for formatting queries and parsing response data.

Carbon Specification for Find By Content This document lists the Carbon inclusion status for the Find By Content APIs.   Technote 1180: Sherlock's Find By Content Library This Technote describes the Find by Content libraries used by Sherlock for searching the contents of files. The Find by Content libraries export a full suite of routines and functions allowing applications to perform content based searches of files.   Technote 1181: Sherlock's Find by Content Text Extractor Plug-ins This Technote describes the API for creating Find By Content Text Extractor Plug-ins. Text Extractor Plug-ins are used by Find by Content to extract the textual information stored in a document when it is creating indexes and summarizing files.