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Searching address book contacts

Hi all,
i have to find Blackberry contacts form address book.
for that i am getting by using this code

Code:

ContactList contactList =

        (ContactList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList



          (PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY);

now,i have to implement search functionality so for that i have been using loop to find particular contacts in contacts list therefore it has been taking more time(around 5 sec) if contacts are around more than 1000, but in default Blackberry address book search it is taking less time.
so i am looking for API which can give searched ContactList with name, if any one know kindly reply me.
for that i tried one method but i vein.

Code:

ContactList contactList =

        (ContactList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList



          (PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY,"name");

i search on net too, but i did not get suitable thread.
looking for soon reply.

Thanks and Regards
Imran ali

Searching address book contacts

hello,
I got the solution myself.
I am replying here for others use.

Code:

ContactList contactList =

        (ContactList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList



          (PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY);



 Enumeration allContacts = blackBerryContactList.items("your search Name");

it will return only contacts list which will contain your searching Name.
Thanks and regards
Imran ali

hi again,

Code:

Enumeration allContacts = blackBerryContactList.items("your search Name");

the above code has one problem,
it has been searching from all , like tiletle,company name, email etc form any field.
but i have to search in only First Name and Last Name.
for this i tried but i vein.
so if any one has solution please reply this thread.
Thanks
Imran ali