searching multiple types - thoughts?

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I am adding a search feature into my app, and I'm looking for the best way to 
search "everything". Below is my current method. If there a more efficient 
method using the current library?

# search term
search = "esx"
pattern = re.compile(search, flags=re.IGNORECASE)

print "searching..."
items = server.get_hosts()
for item in items:
     if pattern.search(items[item]):
            print "host: %s" % items[item]

items = server.get_datastores()
for item in items:
    if pattern.search(items[item]):
        print "datastore: %s" % items[item]

items = server.get_clusters()
for item in items:
    if pattern.search(items[item]):
        print "cluster: %s" % items[item]

items = server.get_resource_pools()
for item in items:
    if pattern.search(items[item]):
        print "resource_pools: %s" % items[item]

vms = server.get_registered_vms()
for vm in vms:
    if pattern.search(vm):
        print "vm: %s" % vm

Original issue reported on code.google.com by j...@hogenmiller.net on 25 Sep 2012 at 9:32