1. A method to be executed by a processor in an electronic environment, comprising: receiving an object in a network environment; receiving a search query that includes a first regular expression, wherein the first regular expression comprises a string according to one or more syntax rules; mapping the first regular expression to a first attribute, wherein the first attribute is included amongst a plurality of attributes provided in an attribute map, and wherein the plurality of attributes each represent respective regular expressions; and parsing only the regular expressions related to attributes that have not been found in the object, wherein if a parsing activity identifies a match for the first regular expression in the object, then other regular expressions that contain the first attribute are not searched for the search query.
1. A method to be executed by a processor in an electronic environment, comprising: receiving an object in a network environment; receiving a search query that includes a first regular expression, wherein the first regular expression comprises a string according to one or more syntax rules; mapping the first regular expression to a first attribute, wherein the first attribute is included amongst a plurality of attributes provided in an attribute map, and wherein the plurality of attributes each represent respective regular expressions; and parsing only the regular expressions related to attributes that have not been found in the object, wherein if a parsing activity identifies a match for the first regular expression in the object, then other regular expressions that contain the first attribute are not searched for the search query. 7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute comprises a selected one of a credit card number, a credit card number attribute, a phone number attribute, an email addresses attribute, a bank routing number attribute, a social security number attribute, a confidentiality marker attribute, a web site attribute, an executive officers list attribute, a medical condition attribute, a medical diagnoses attribute, a confidential project name attribute, and a salary or compensation attribute.