marklogic · jonmille · May 14, 2026
@@ -43,17 +43,24 @@ public interface PlanBuilderBase {
      */
     PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearchDocs(CtsQueryExpr query, String qualifierName);
 	/**
-	 * Provides a convenience for matching documents and constructing rows with the score,
-	 * document URI, and document content. The convenience is equivalent to chaining
+	 * Matches documents and constructs rows with the score, document URI, and document content,
+	 * with control over which fragment types are searched via {@link PlanSearchOptions#withFragment(PlanSearchOptions.Fragment)}.
+	 * <p>When no {@code fragment} option is set, behavior is equivalent to chaining
 	 * {@link PlanBuilder#fromSearch(CtsQueryExpr)},
 	 * {@link PlanBuilder.ModifyPlan#joinDocUri(String, String)},
 	 * and {@link PlanBuilder.ModifyPlan#joinDoc(String, String)}.
-	 * <p>The documents can be ordered by the score and limited for the most relevant
-	 * documents.</p>
+	 * When a non-default fragment type such as {@link PlanSearchOptions.Fragment#LOCKS} or
+	 * {@link PlanSearchOptions.Fragment#PROPERTIES} is specified, the search targets those fragment
+	 * types and the returned {@code uri} column resolves to the URI of the associated document.</p>
+	 * <p>The documents can be ordered by the score and limited for the most relevant documents.</p>
 	 * @param query  The cts.query expression for matching the documents.
 	 * @param qualifierName Specifies a name for qualifying the column names similar to a view name.
-	 * @return  a ModifyPlan object
-	 * @since 7.0.0; requires MarkLogic 12 or higher.
+	 * @param options  Specifies scoring options and the fragment type to search. Use
+	 *                 {@link PlanBuilder#searchOptions()} with
+	 *                 {@link PlanSearchOptions#withFragment(PlanSearchOptions.Fragment)} to control
+	 *                 the fragment scope.
+	 * @return  an AccessPlan object
+	 * @since 8.2.0; requires MarkLogic 12.1 or higher.
 	 */
 	PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearchDocs(CtsQueryExpr query, String qualifierName, PlanSearchOptions options);
     /**
@@ -131,7 +138,9 @@ public interface PlanBuilderBase {
      * @param query  The cts.query expression for matching the documents.
      * @param columns  The columns to project for the documents. See {@link PlanBuilder#colSeq(String...)}
      * @param qualifierName Specifies a name for qualifying the column names similar to a view name.
-     * @param options  Specifies how to calculate the score for the matching documents. See {@link PlanBuilder#searchOptions()}
+     * @param options  Specifies how to calculate the score for the matching documents and which fragment
+     *                 types to return. Use {@link PlanBuilder#searchOptions()} with
+     *                 {@link PlanSearchOptions#withFragment(PlanSearchOptions.Fragment)} to control the fragment scope.
      * @return  an AccessPlan object
      */
     PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearch(CtsQueryExpr query, PlanExprColSeq columns, XsStringVal qualifierName, PlanSearchOptions options);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  */
 package com.marklogic.client.impl;
 
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@ static class PlanSearchOptionsImpl implements PlanSearchOptions {
     private PlanBuilderBaseImpl pb;
     private XsFloatVal qualityWeight;
     private ScoreMethod scoreMethod;
-	private XsDoubleVal bm25LengthWeight;
+    private XsDoubleVal bm25LengthWeight;
+    private Fragment fragment;
     PlanSearchOptionsImpl(PlanBuilderBaseImpl pb) {
       this.pb = pb;
     }
-	PlanSearchOptionsImpl(PlanBuilderBaseImpl pb, XsFloatVal qualityWeight,
-						  ScoreMethod scoreMethod, XsDoubleVal bm25LengthWeight) {
-		  this(pb);
-		  this.qualityWeight = qualityWeight;
-		  this.scoreMethod   = scoreMethod;
-		  this.bm25LengthWeight = bm25LengthWeight;
-	}
+    PlanSearchOptionsImpl(PlanBuilderBaseImpl pb, XsFloatVal qualityWeight,
+                          ScoreMethod scoreMethod, XsDoubleVal bm25LengthWeight,
+                          Fragment fragment) {
+      this(pb);
+      this.qualityWeight = qualityWeight;
+      this.scoreMethod   = scoreMethod;
+      this.bm25LengthWeight = bm25LengthWeight;
+      this.fragment = fragment;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public XsFloatVal getQualityWeight() {
@@ -71,43 +74,55 @@ public XsFloatVal getQualityWeight() {
     public ScoreMethod getScoreMethod() {
       return scoreMethod;
     }
-	@Override
-	public XsDoubleVal getBm25LengthWeight() {
-		  return bm25LengthWeight;
-	  }
+    @Override
+    public XsDoubleVal getBm25LengthWeight() {
+      return bm25LengthWeight;
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Fragment getFragment() {
+      return fragment;
+    }
     @Override
     public PlanSearchOptions withQualityWeight(float qualityWeight) {
       return withQualityWeight(pb.xs.floatVal(qualityWeight));
     }
     @Override
     public PlanSearchOptions withQualityWeight(XsFloatVal qualityWeight) {
-      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, qualityWeight, getScoreMethod(), getBm25LengthWeight());
+      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, qualityWeight, getScoreMethod(), getBm25LengthWeight(), getFragment());
     }
     @Override
     public PlanSearchOptions withScoreMethod(ScoreMethod scoreMethod) {
-      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, getQualityWeight(), scoreMethod, getBm25LengthWeight());
-    }
-
-	  @Override
-	  public PlanSearchOptions withBm25LengthWeight(double bm25LengthWeight) {
-		  return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, getQualityWeight(), getScoreMethod(), pb.xs.doubleVal(bm25LengthWeight));
-	  }
-
-	  Map<String,Object> makeMap() {
-	      if (qualityWeight == null && scoreMethod == null && bm25LengthWeight == null) return null;
-
-	      Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
-    	  if (qualityWeight != null) {
-			  map.put("qualityWeight", qualityWeight);
-		  }
-		  if (scoreMethod != null) {
-			  map.put("scoreMethod", scoreMethod.name().toLowerCase());
-		  }
-		  if (bm25LengthWeight != null) {
-			  map.put("bm25LengthWeight", bm25LengthWeight);
-		  }
-		  return map;
-	}
+      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, getQualityWeight(), scoreMethod, getBm25LengthWeight(), getFragment());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PlanSearchOptions withBm25LengthWeight(double bm25LengthWeight) {
+      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, getQualityWeight(), getScoreMethod(), pb.xs.doubleVal(bm25LengthWeight), getFragment());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PlanSearchOptions withFragment(Fragment fragment) {
+      return new PlanSearchOptionsImpl(pb, getQualityWeight(), getScoreMethod(), getBm25LengthWeight(), fragment);
+    }
+
+    Map<String,Object> makeMap() {
+      if (qualityWeight == null && scoreMethod == null && bm25LengthWeight == null && fragment == null) return null;
+
+      Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+      if (qualityWeight != null) {
+        map.put("qualityWeight", qualityWeight);
+      }
+      if (scoreMethod != null) {
+        map.put("scoreMethod", scoreMethod.name().toLowerCase());
+      }
+      if (bm25LengthWeight != null) {
+        map.put("bm25LengthWeight", bm25LengthWeight);
+      }
+      if (fragment != null) {
+        map.put("fragment", fragment.name().toLowerCase());
+      }
+      return map;
+    }
   }
 
   static class PlanParamBase extends BaseTypeImpl.BaseCallImpl<XsValueImpl.StringValImpl> implements PlanParamExpr {

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearchDocs(CtsQueryExpr query) {
   }
   @Override
   public PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearchDocs(CtsQueryExpr query, String qualifierName) {
-	  return fromSearchDocs(query, null, null);
+	  return fromSearchDocs(query, qualifierName, null);
   }
   @Override
   public PlanBuilder.AccessPlan fromSearchDocs(CtsQueryExpr query, String qualifierName, PlanSearchOptions options) {
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ public PlanPrefixer prefixer(String base) {
   public PlanParamExpr param(String name) {
     return new PlanParamBase(name);
   }
-  
+
   @Override
   public PlanParamExpr param(XsStringVal name) {
     if (name == null) {

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  */
 package com.marklogic.client.type;
 
 /**
- * An option controlling the scoring and weighting of fromSearch()
- * for a row pipeline.
+ * Options controlling the scoring, weighting, and fragment scope for {@code fromSearch()} and
+ * {@code fromSearchDocs()} in a row pipeline. Use {@link #withFragment(Fragment)} to select which
+ * fragment types (document, properties, locks, or any) are searched and returned.
+ *
+ * <p>Fragment scope support was added in release 8.2.0 and requires MarkLogic 12.1 or higher.
+ * Scoring and weighting options apply to all supported MarkLogic versions.</p>
  */
 public interface PlanSearchOptions {
 
@@ -38,6 +42,34 @@ public interface PlanSearchOptions {
 	 */
 	PlanSearchOptions withBm25LengthWeight(double bm25LengthWeight);
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 8.2.0; requires MarkLogic 12.1 or higher.
+	 */
+	Fragment getFragment();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies the type of fragment to search and return. Defaults to {@link Fragment#DOCUMENT} when no option
+	 * is specified. Applies to both {@code fromSearch()} and {@code fromSearchDocs()}.
+	 *
+	 * @param fragment the fragment scope to select
+	 * @return a new PlanSearchOptions with the fragment set
+	 * @since 8.2.0; requires MarkLogic 12.1 or higher.
+	 */
+	PlanSearchOptions withFragment(Fragment fragment);
+
+	/**
+	 * Controls which type of fragments are searched and returned by {@code fromSearch()} and
+	 * {@code fromSearchDocs()}.
+	 *
+	 * @since 8.2.0; requires MarkLogic 12.1 or higher.
+	 */
+	enum Fragment {
+		DOCUMENT,
+		ANY,
+		PROPERTIES,
+		LOCKS
+	}
+
 	enum ScoreMethod {
 		LOGTFIDF,
 		LOGTF,

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package com.marklogic.client.test.junit5;
+
+import com.marklogic.client.test.Common;
+import com.marklogic.client.test.MarkLogicVersion;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ConditionEvaluationResult;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExecutionCondition;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
+
+public class RequiresML12Dot1 implements ExecutionCondition {
+
+	private static MarkLogicVersion markLogicVersion;
+
+	@Override
+	public ConditionEvaluationResult evaluateExecutionCondition(ExtensionContext context) {
+		if (markLogicVersion == null) {
+			markLogicVersion = Common.getMarkLogicVersion();
+		}
+		boolean supported =
+			(markLogicVersion.getMajor() == 12 && markLogicVersion.getMinor() != null && markLogicVersion.getMinor() >= 1) ||
+			markLogicVersion.getMajor() > 12;
+		return supported ?
+			ConditionEvaluationResult.enabled("MarkLogic is version 12.1 or higher") :
+			ConditionEvaluationResult.disabled("MarkLogic is version 12.0.x or lower");
+	}
+}