The clearWindow() method clears all candidate records in the current match window.
Syntax
public void clearWindow(int handle,
int retCode[]);Parameters
|
Name |
Type |
Use |
Length |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
handle |
int |
In |
–– |
Handle to a Director matcher server. |
|
retCode |
int[ ] |
Out |
4 |
Error code that indicates status of method call. |
Return Values
Refer to Return Values.
Example
TrilTGenClient testClient = new TrilTGenClient();
int[] retCode= new int[1]; // Return code and handle
int handle = 0;
char systemID; // System and Server ID for attach()
String serverName;
String[] matchFields = {"FirstName", "LastName", "MiddleName"};
String[] inputData = new String[3];
systemID = 'G';
String keyValue;
serverName = "RMatcher";
handle = testClient.openMatcherEx(systemID, serverName, retCode);
// Call the clearWindow() method before populating the match
window with records
testClient.clearWindow(handle, retCode);
// Error handling omitted
// Add three records to the match window
inputData[0] = "JOHN";
inputData[1] = "SMITH";
inputData[2] = "D";
keyValue = "1ST JOHN";
testClient.addToMatchWindow(handle, matchFields, inputData,
keyValue, retCode);
inputData[0] = "JOHNATHAN";
inputData[1] = "SMITH";
inputData[2] = "DAVID";
keyValue = "2ND JOHN";
testClient.addToMatchWindow(handle, matchFields, inputData,
keyValue, retCode);
inputData[0] = "J";
inputData[1] = "SMITH";
inputData[2] = "D";
keyValue = "3RD JOHN";
testClient.addToMatchWindow(handle, matchFields, inputData,
keyValue, retCode);
// Match this record
inputData[0] = "JOHN";
inputData[1] = "SMITH";
inputData[2] = "";
testClient.matchCandidate(handle, matchFields, inputData, outKeys,
outPats, retCode);
// Clear all candidates from match window to prepare for next match
testClient.clearWindow(handle, retCode);