Method and apparatus for a distributed search

摘要

A method for a distributed search comprises receiving an object (114) in a shared memory space (104). The object comprises an attribute (138), which is passed to a search engine (112). A search result that matches the attribute (122) is received from the search engine (112), and a search result object (160, 162) is placed into the shared memory space (104). The search result object (160, 162) contains the search result received from the search engine (112). The shared memory space (104) can comprise a tuple space, and each object (114, 160, 162) can comprise a tuple.