SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HETEROGENEOUS SOLUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT WITH AN ENTERPRISE CRAWL AND SEARCH FRAMEWORK

Systems and methods for providing an enterprise crawl and search framework are described, wherein the system includes features such as use with middleware and enterprise application environments, pluggable security, search development tools, user interfaces, and governance. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes an enterprise crawl and search framework which abstracts an underlying search engine, provides a common set of application programming interfaces for developing search functionalities, and allows the framework to serve as an integration layer between one or more enterprise search engine and one or more enterprise application. A computing environment can be used to display an administration interface for use in administering the framework.