Package-level Javadoc
Author: IBM

Application programming interfaces for Java search participants..

## Package Specification

The package provides API that allows clients to participate in Java searches. A Java search query is specified by a `QuerySpecification` ; an `ElementQuerySpecification` if searching for a specific `IJavaElement` , a `PatternQuerySpecification` when searching for a string pattern.

Clients who want to participate in Java search queries should implement `IQueryParticipant`. A query participant interprets a `QuerySpecification` and reports matches to a `ISearchRequestor`. If a query participant wishes to report matches against elements that are not `IResources` or `IJavaElements`, it has to implement a `IMatchPresentation` to render these elements.