ViewAccess.md

Accessing views

These functions implement the HTTP API for accessing view.

ArangoDatabase.view

ArangoDatabase.view(String name) : ArangoView

Returns a ArangoView instance for the given view name.

Arguments

• name: String

  Name of the view

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
ArangoView view = db.view("myView");

ArangoDatabase.arangoSearch

ArangoDatabase.arangoSearch(String name) : ArangoSearch

Returns a ArangoSearch instance for the given ArangoSearch view name.

Arguments

• name: String

  Name of the view

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
ArangoSearch view = db.arangoSearch("myArangoSearchView");

ArangoDatabase.getViews

ArangoDatabase.getViews() : Collection<ViewEntity>

Fetches all views from the database and returns an list of collection descriptions.

Examples

ArangoDB arango = new ArangoDB.Builder().build();
ArangoDatabase db = arango.db("myDB");
Collection<ViewEntity> infos = db.getViews();