System and method for providing full-text searching of managed content

摘要

A system and method for providing full text searching of content within a content management system are disclosed. A repository can maintain content in a plurality of nodes of various content types that have binary as well as metadata properties. An abstracted application programming interface can be provided for constructing full text search queries based on the metadata and the binary properties of the various node types. The abstracted interface can allow a search engine to be replaced with another engine without altering the functionality of the virtual content repository. A search index can be generated by the search engine in order to enable faster querying of content. The search engine can also subscribe to a set of federated event listeners that provide notifications of various operations within the content repository to the search engine, such that the index can be appropriately maintained and updated by the search engine.