Getting Started with the SharePoint Server Search Administration Object Model

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Accessing the SharePoint Server Search Administration Object Model

To use the SharePoint Server search Administration object model, you must set references to the following DLLs in your project:

• Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

• Microsoft.Office.Server.dll

• Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.dll

You must include the following namespace directives at the beginning of the class file.

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

SearchServiceApplication Class

The SearchServiceApplication class represents an instance of a Search service application in a farm. You can access the administration settings for a Search service application by using the following code

SearchService searchService = SearchService.Service;
SearchServiceApplication searchApp = searchService.SearchApplications.GetValue<SearchServiceApplication>(new Guid("SearchApplicationID"));

SearchServiceApplicationProxy Class

The SearchServiceApplicationProxy class represents a connection to a Search service application in a farm. The following code retrieves the instance of the SearchServiceApplicationProxy class for the current site.

SPServiceContext serviceContext = SPServiceContext.Current;
SPServiceApplicationProxy proxy = serviceContext.GetDefaultProxy(typeof(SearchServiceApplicationProxy));
SearchServiceApplicationProxy searchAppProxy =  proxy as SearchServiceApplicationProxy;

You can then use the SearchServiceApplicationProxy instance to access the Search service application.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration

SearchServiceApplication

SearchServiceApplicationProxy

SearchService