Selecting feature and highlighting based on feature properties in OpenLayers 3?

Question

I need to select link using link properties, I am able to find the feature but not able to highlight programmatically. please help..

In openlayers 2 we have selectFeature but not sure what is in ol3

Answer 1

@ahocevar's answer saved me hours but one thing is missing from the code is to add select interaction to map object:

var select = new ol.interaction.Select();
//make sure you add select interaction to map
map.addInteraction(select);
var features = select.getFeatures();
// now you have an ol.Collection of features that you can add features to
features.push(feature);
// now the pushed feature is highlighted

//to dehighlight, just simply remove the feature from select
features.remove(feature);

Answer 2

Programmatic feature selection works by manipulating the Select interaction's feature collection:

var select = new ol.interaction.Select();
var features = select.getFeatures();
// now you have an ol.Collection of features that you can add features to
features.push(feature);
// now the pushed feature is highlighted

The above snippet assumes that the feature you want to highlight is assigned to the feature variable.