Does endeca support multiple keyword search

Question

Am new to endeca.
Does endeca support multiple keyword search in atg crs.
an eg can we search for "shirt,shoes" and get results for both

Answer 1

How specifically to implement this depends on how you are querying Endeca.  With a simple URL parameter query using the UrlENEQuery object you would set the parameter of Ntx=mode+matchany, and if you were using the ENEQuery class you would set it like:
ENEQuery query = new ENEQuery();
ERecSearchList searchList = new ERecSearchList();
String matchMode = searchTerms.contains(",") ? "mode+matchany" : "mode+matchallpartial";
ERecSearch search = new ERecSearch( "your-search-interface", searchTerms, matchMode );
searchList.add( search );
query.setNavERecSearches( searchList );
If you are using the Assembler Service, you can include the Ntx parameter in the call, so you would wrap your call with some conditional logic, e.g.:
String serviceCall = null;
if( searchTerms.contains(",") ) {
   serviceCall = "assember/xml/browse?Ntt=shirt,shoes&Ntx=mode+matchany";
} else {
  serviceCall = "assember/xml/browse?Ntt=shirt,shoes&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial";
If you are using the Content Assembler API within your application, it will depend on how you are invoking it but some of the above should help you customise appropriately.
HTH
Michael