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=head1 NAME

  RT::Search - generic baseclass for searches;

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use RT::Search;
    my $tickets = RT::Tickets->new($CurrentUser);
    my $foo = RT::Search->new(Argument => $arg,
                              TicketsObj => $tickets);
    $foo->Prepare();
    while ( my $ticket = $foo->Next ) {
        # Do something with each ticket we've found
    }


=head1 DESCRIPTION


=head1 METHODS




=cut

package RT::Search;

use strict;

# {{{ sub new 
sub new  {
  my $proto = shift;
  my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
  my $self  = {};
  bless ($self, $class);
  $self->_Init(@_);
  return $self;
}
# }}}

# {{{ sub _Init 
sub _Init  {
  my $self = shift;
  my %args = ( 
           TicketsObj => undef,
	       Argument => undef,
	       @_ );
  
  $self->{'TicketsObj'} = $args{'TicketsObj'}; 
  $self->{'Argument'} = $args{'Argument'};
}
# }}}

# {{{ sub Argument 

=head2 Argument

Return the optional argument associated with this Search

=cut

sub Argument  {
  my $self = shift;
  return($self->{'Argument'});
}
# }}}


=head2 TicketsObj 

Return the Tickets object passed into this search

=cut

sub TicketsObj {
    my $self = shift;
    return($self->{'TicketsObj'});
}

# {{{ sub Describe 
sub Describe  {
  my $self = shift;
  return ($self->loc("No description for [_1]", ref $self));
}
# }}}

# {{{ sub Prepare
sub Prepare  {
  my $self = shift;
  return(1);
}
# }}}

eval "require RT::Search_Vendor";
die $@ if ($@ && $@ !~ qr{^Can't locate RT/Search_Vendor.pm});
eval "require RT::Search_Local";
die $@ if ($@ && $@ !~ qr{^Can't locate RT/Search_Local.pm});

1;
