man kdb::KeySet (3): A keyset holds together a set of keys.

SYNOPSIS

#include <keyset.hpp>

Public Member Functions

KeySet ()
Creates a new empty keyset with no keys.
KeySet (ckdb::KeySet *k)
Takes ownership of keyset!
KeySet (const KeySet &other)
Duplicate a keyset.
KeySet (size_t alloc,...)
Create a new keyset.
KeySet (Va va, size_t alloc, va_list ap)
Create a new keyset.
~KeySet ()
Deconstruct a keyset.
ckdb::KeySet * release ()
If you don't want destruction of keyset at the end you can release the pointer.
ckdb::KeySet * getKeySet () const
Passes out the raw keyset pointer.
void setKeySet (ckdb::KeySet *k)
Take ownership of passed keyset.
KeySet & operator= (KeySet const &other)
Duplicate a keyset.
ssize_t size () const
The size of the keyset.
ckdb::KeySet * dup () const
Duplicate a keyset.
void copy (const KeySet &other)
Copy a keyset.
void clear ()
Clear the keyset.
ssize_t append (const Key &toAppend)
append a key
ssize_t append (const KeySet &toAppend)
append a keyset
Key head () const
Return the first key in the KeySet.
Key tail () const
Return the last key in the KeySet.
void rewind () const
Rewinds the KeySet internal cursor.
Key next () const
Returns the next Key in a KeySet.
Key current () const
Return the current Key.
void setCursor (cursor_t cursor) const
Set the KeySet internal cursor.
cursor_t getCursor () const
Get the KeySet internal cursor.
Key pop ()
Remove and return the last key of ks.
KeySet cut (Key k)
Cuts out a keyset at the cutpoint.
Key lookup (const Key &k, const option_t options=KDB_O_NONE) const
Look for a Key contained in ks that matches the name of the key.
Key lookup (std::string const &name, const option_t options=KDB_O_NONE) const
Lookup a key by name.
Key at (cursor_t pos) const
Lookup a key by index.

Detailed Description

A keyset holds together a set of keys.

Methods to manipulate KeySets. A KeySet is a set of keys.

Most important properties of a KeySet:

Allows us to iterate over all keys (in any depth)
Iteration is always sorted
Fast key lookup
A Key may be shared among many KeySets.

The most important methods of KeySet:

With ksNew() you can create a new KeySet.
You can add keys with ksAppendKey().
Using ksAppend() you can append a whole keyset.
Using ksLookup() you can lookup a key.
ksGetSize() tells you the current size.

Note:

: Because the key is not copied, also the pointer to the current metadata keyNextMeta() will be shared.

With ksRewind() and ksNext() you can iterate through the keyset. Be assured that you will get every key of the set in a stable order (parents before children).

KeySets have an internal cursor . Methods should avoid to change this cursor, unless they want to communicate something with it. The internal cursor is used:

in ksLookup(): points to the found key
in kdbSet(): points to the key which caused an error

KeySet is the most important data structure in Elektra. It makes it possible to get and store many keys at once inside the database. In addition to that, the class can be used as high level datastructure in applications and it can be used in plugins to manipulate or check configuration.

With ksLookupByName() it is possible to fetch easily specific keys out of the list of keys.

You can easily create and iterate keys:

#include <kdb.h>
// create a new keyset with 3 keys
// with a hint that about 20 keys will be inside
KeySet *myConfig = ksNew(20,
        keyNew ("user/name1", 0),
        keyNew ("user/name2", 0),
        keyNew ("user/name3", 0),
        KS_END);
// append a key in the keyset
ksAppendKey(myConfig, keyNew("user/name4", 0));
Key *current;
ksRewind(myConfig);
while ((current=ksNext(myConfig))!=0)
{
        printf("Key name is %s., keyName (current));
}
ksDel (myConfig); // delete keyset and all keys appended

Invariant:

: always holds an underlying elektra keyset.

Note:

: that the cursor is mutable, so it might be changed even in const functions as described.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

kdb::KeySet::KeySet () [inline]

Creates a new empty keyset with no keys. Allocate, initialize and return a new KeySet object. Objects created with ksNew() must be destroyed with ksDel().

You can use a various long list of parameters to preload the keyset with a list of keys. Either your first and only parameter is 0 or your last parameter must be KEY_END.

So, terminate with ksNew(0, KS_END) or ksNew(20, ..., KS_END)

For most uses

KeySet *keys = ksNew(0, KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

goes ok, the alloc size will be 16, defined in kdbprivate.h. The alloc size will be doubled whenever size reaches alloc size, so it also performs out large keysets.

But if you have any clue how large your keyset may be you should read the next statements.

If you want a keyset with length 15 (because you know of your application that you normally need about 12 up to 15 keys), use:

KeySet * keys = ksNew (15,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key01", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value01", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key02", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value02", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key03", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value03", 0),
        // ...
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key15", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value15", 0),
        KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

If you start having 3 keys, and your application needs approximately 200-500 keys, you can use:

KeySet * config = ksNew (500,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key1", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value1", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key2", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value2", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key3", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value3", 0),
        KS_END); // don't forget the KS_END at the end!
// work with it
ksDel (config);

Alloc size is 500, the size of the keyset will be 3 after ksNew. This means the keyset will reallocate when appending more than 497 keys.

The main benefit of taking a list of variant length parameters is to be able to have one C-Statement for any possible KeySet.

Postcondition:

: the keyset is rewinded properly

See also:

: ksDel() to free the KeySet afterwards
ksDup() to duplicate an existing KeySet

Parameters:

: alloc gives a hint for the size how many Keys may be stored initially

Returns:

: a ready to use KeySet object

Return values:

: 0 on memory error

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (ckdb::KeySet * k) [inline]

Takes ownership of keyset! Keyset will be destroyed at destructor you cant continue to use keyset afterwards!

Use KeySet::release() to avoid destruction.

Parameters:

: k the keyset to take the ownership from

See also:

: release()
setKeySet()

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (const KeySet & other) [inline]

Duplicate a keyset. This keyset will be a duplicate of the other afterwards.

Note:

: that they still reference to the same Keys, so if you change key values also the keys in the original keyset will be changed.

So it is shallow copy, to create a deep copy you have to dup() every key (it still won't copy meta data, but they are COW):

kdb::KeySet ksDeepCopy(kdb::KeySet orig)
{
        kdb::KeySet deepCopy;
        orig.rewind();
        while(orig.next())
        {
                deepCopy.append(orig.current().dup());
        }
        return deepCopy;
}

See also:

: dup

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (size_t alloc, ...) [inline], [explicit]

Create a new keyset.

Parameters:

: alloc minimum number of keys to allocate
... variable argument list

Allocate, initialize and return a new KeySet object. Objects created with ksNew() must be destroyed with ksDel().

You can use a various long list of parameters to preload the keyset with a list of keys. Either your first and only parameter is 0 or your last parameter must be KEY_END.

So, terminate with ksNew(0, KS_END) or ksNew(20, ..., KS_END)

For most uses

KeySet *keys = ksNew(0, KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

goes ok, the alloc size will be 16, defined in kdbprivate.h. The alloc size will be doubled whenever size reaches alloc size, so it also performs out large keysets.

But if you have any clue how large your keyset may be you should read the next statements.

If you want a keyset with length 15 (because you know of your application that you normally need about 12 up to 15 keys), use:

KeySet * keys = ksNew (15,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key01", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value01", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key02", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value02", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key03", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value03", 0),
        // ...
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key15", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value15", 0),
        KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

If you start having 3 keys, and your application needs approximately 200-500 keys, you can use:

KeySet * config = ksNew (500,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key1", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value1", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key2", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value2", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key3", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value3", 0),
        KS_END); // don't forget the KS_END at the end!
// work with it
ksDel (config);

Alloc size is 500, the size of the keyset will be 3 after ksNew. This means the keyset will reallocate when appending more than 497 keys.

The main benefit of taking a list of variant length parameters is to be able to have one C-Statement for any possible KeySet.

Postcondition:

: the keyset is rewinded properly

See also:

: ksDel() to free the KeySet afterwards
ksDup() to duplicate an existing KeySet

Parameters:

: alloc gives a hint for the size how many Keys may be stored initially

Returns:

: a ready to use KeySet object

Return values:

: 0 on memory error

Precondition:

: caller must call va_start and va_end

va the list of arguments

Parameters:

: alloc the allocation size
va the list of variable arguments

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (Va va, size_t alloc, va_list av) [inline], [explicit]

Create a new keyset.

Parameters:

: alloc minimum number of keys to allocate
ap variable arguments list

Use va as first argument to use this constructor, e.g.:

KeySet ks(va, 23, ...);

Allocate, initialize and return a new KeySet object. Objects created with ksNew() must be destroyed with ksDel().

You can use a various long list of parameters to preload the keyset with a list of keys. Either your first and only parameter is 0 or your last parameter must be KEY_END.

So, terminate with ksNew(0, KS_END) or ksNew(20, ..., KS_END)

For most uses

KeySet *keys = ksNew(0, KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

goes ok, the alloc size will be 16, defined in kdbprivate.h. The alloc size will be doubled whenever size reaches alloc size, so it also performs out large keysets.

But if you have any clue how large your keyset may be you should read the next statements.

If you want a keyset with length 15 (because you know of your application that you normally need about 12 up to 15 keys), use:

KeySet * keys = ksNew (15,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key01", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value01", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key02", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value02", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key03", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value03", 0),
        // ...
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key15", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value15", 0),
        KS_END);
// work with it
ksDel (keys);

If you start having 3 keys, and your application needs approximately 200-500 keys, you can use:

KeySet * config = ksNew (500,
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key1", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value1", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key2", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value2", 0),
        keyNew ("user/sw/app/fixedConfiguration/key3", KEY_SWITCH_VALUE, "value3", 0),
        KS_END); // don't forget the KS_END at the end!
// work with it
ksDel (config);

Alloc size is 500, the size of the keyset will be 3 after ksNew. This means the keyset will reallocate when appending more than 497 keys.

The main benefit of taking a list of variant length parameters is to be able to have one C-Statement for any possible KeySet.

Postcondition:

: the keyset is rewinded properly

See also:

: ksDel() to free the KeySet afterwards
ksDup() to duplicate an existing KeySet

Parameters:

: alloc gives a hint for the size how many Keys may be stored initially

Returns:

: a ready to use KeySet object

Return values:

: 0 on memory error

Precondition:

: caller must call va_start and va_end

va the list of arguments

Parameters:

: alloc the allocation size
va the list of variable arguments

kdb::KeySet::~KeySet () [inline]

Deconstruct a keyset. A destructor for KeySet objects. Cleans all internal dynamic attributes, decrement all reference pointers to all keys and then keyDel() all contained Keys, and free()s the release the KeySet object memory (that was previously allocated by ksNew()).

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Return values:

: 0 when the keyset was freed
-1 on null pointer

See also:

: ksNew()

Member Function Documentation

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::append (const Key & toAppend) [inline]

append a key

Parameters:

: toAppend key to append

Returns:

: number of keys in the keyset

Appends a Key to the end of ks. Will take ownership of the key toAppend. That means ksDel(ks) will remove the key unless the key:

was duplicated before inserting
got its refcount incremented by keyIncRef() before inserting
was also inserted into another keyset with ksAppendKey()

The reference counter of the key will be incremented to show this ownership, and thus toAppend is not const.

Note:

: Because the key is not copied, also the pointer to the current metadata keyNextMeta() will be shared.

See also:

: keyGetRef().

If the keyname already existed in the keyset, it will be replaced with the new key.

The KeySet internal cursor will be set to the new key.

It is save to directly append newly created keys:

KeySet *ks = ksNew(1, KS_END);
ksAppendKey(ks,
        keyNew("user/my/new/key", KEY_END));
ksDel(ks);
// key deleted, too!

If you want the key to outlive the keyset, make sure to do proper ref counting:

KeySet *ks = ksNew(1, KS_END);
Key *k = keyNew("user/ref/key", KEY_END);
keyIncRef(k);
ksAppendKey(ks, k);
ksDel(ks);
// now we still can work with the key k!
keyDecRef(k);
keyDel(k);

Or if you want to avoid aliasing at all, you can duplicate the key. But then key in the keyset has another identity:

KeySet *ks = ksNew(1, KS_END);
Key *k = keyNew("user/ref/key", KEY_END);
ksAppendKey(ks, keyDup(k));
ksDel(ks);
// now we still can work with the key k!
keyDel(k);

Returns:

: the size of the KeySet after insertion

Return values:

: -1 on NULL pointers
-1 if insertion failed, the key will be deleted then.

Parameters:

: ks KeySet that will receive the key
toAppend Key that will be appended to ks or deleted

See also:

: ksAppend(), keyNew(), ksDel()
keyIncRef()

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::append (const KeySet & toAppend) [inline]

append a keyset

Parameters:

: toAppend keyset to append

Returns:

: number of keys in the keyset

Append all toAppend contained keys to the end of the ks. toAppend KeySet will be left unchanged.

If a key is both in toAppend and ks, the Key in ks will be overridden.

Note:

: Because the key is not copied, also the pointer to the current metadata keyNextMeta() will be shared.

Postcondition:

: Sorted KeySet ks with all keys it had before and additionally the keys from toAppend

Returns:

: the size of the KeySet after transfer

Return values:

: -1 on NULL pointers

Parameters:

: ks the KeySet that will receive the keys
toAppend the KeySet that provides the keys that will be transferred

See also:

: ksAppendKey()

Key kdb::KeySet::at (cursor_t pos) const [inline]

Lookup a key by index.

Parameters:

: pos cursor position

Returns:

: the found key

void kdb::KeySet::clear () [inline]

Clear the keyset. Keyset will have no keys afterwards.

void kdb::KeySet::copy (const KeySet & other) [inline]

Copy a keyset.

Parameters:

: other other keyset to copy

This is only a shallow copy. For a deep copy you need to dup every key.

Copy a keyset. Most often you may want a duplicate of a keyset, see ksDup() or append keys, see ksAppend(). But in some situations you need to copy a keyset to a existing keyset, for that this function exists.

You can also use it to clear a keyset when you pass a NULL pointer as source.

Note that all keys in dest will be deleted. Afterwards the content of the source will be added to the destination and the ksCurrent() is set properly in dest.

A flat copy is made, so the keys will not be duplicated, but there reference counter is updated, so both keysets need to be ksDel().

Note:

: Because the key is not copied, also the pointer to the current metadata keyNextMeta() will be shared.

int f (KeySet *ks)
{
        KeySet *c = ksNew (20, ..., KS_END);
        // c receives keys
        ksCopy (ks, c); // pass the keyset to the caller
        ksDel (c);
}       // caller needs to ksDel (ks)

Parameters:

: source has to be an initialized source KeySet or NULL
dest has to be an initialized KeySet where to write the keys

Return values:

: 1 on success
0 if dest was cleared successfully (source is NULL)
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksNew(), ksDel(), ksDup()
keyCopy() for copying keys

Key kdb::KeySet::current () const [inline]

Return the current Key. The pointer is NULL if you reached the end or after ksRewind().

Note:

: You must not delete the key or change the key, use ksPop() if you want to delete it.

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Returns:

: pointer to the Key pointed by ks's cursor

Return values:

: 0 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksNext(), ksRewind()

KeySet kdb::KeySet::cut (Key k) [inline]

Cuts out a keyset at the cutpoint. Searches for the cutpoint inside the KeySet ks. If found it cuts out everything which is below (see keyIsBelow()) this key. These keys will be missing in the keyset ks. Instead, they will be moved to the returned keyset. If cutpoint is not found an empty keyset is returned and ks is not changed.

The cursor will stay at the same key as it was before. If the cursor was inside the region of cut (moved) keys, the cursor will be set to the key before the cutpoint.

If you use ksCut() on a keyset you got from kdbGet() and plan to make a kdbSet() later, make sure that you keep all keys that should not be removed permanently. You have to keep the KeySet that was returned and the KeySet ks.

Example:

You have the keyset ks:

system/mountpoint/interest
system/mountpoint/interest/folder
system/mountpoint/interest/folder/key1
system/mountpoint/interest/folder/key2
system/mountpoint/other/key1

When you use

        Key *parentKey = keyNew("system/mountpoint/interest", KEY_END);
        KDB *kdb = kdbOpen(parentKey);
        KeySet *ks = ksNew(0, KS_END);
        kdbGet(kdb, ks, parentKey);
        KeySet *returned = ksCut(ks, parentKey);
        kdbSet(kdb, ks, parentKey); // all keys below cutpoint are now removed
        kdbClose(kdb, parentKey);

Then in returned are:

system/mountpoint/interest
system/mountpoint/interest/folder
system/mountpoint/interest/folder/key1
system/mountpoint/interest/folder/key2

And in ks are:

system/mountpoint/other/key1

So kdbSet() permanently removes all keys below system/mountpoint/interest.

See also:

: kdbGet() for explanation why you might get more keys than you requested.

Returns:

: a new allocated KeySet which needs to deleted with ksDel(). The keyset consists of all keys (of the original keyset ks) below the cutpoint. If the key cutpoint exists, it will also be appended.

Return values:

: 0 on null pointers, no key name or allocation problems

Parameters:

: ks the keyset to cut. It will be modified by removing all keys below the cutpoint. The cutpoint itself will also be removed.
cutpoint the point where to cut out the keyset

ckdb::KeySet * kdb::KeySet::dup () const [inline]

Duplicate a keyset.

Returns:

: a copy of the keys

This is only a shallow copy. For a deep copy you need to dup every key.

Return a duplicate of a keyset. Objects created with ksDup() must be destroyed with ksDel().

Memory will be allocated as needed for dynamic properties, so you need to ksDel() the returned pointer.

A flat copy is made, so the keys will not be duplicated, but there reference counter is updated, so both keysets need ksDel().

Parameters:

: source has to be an initialized source KeySet

Returns:

: a flat copy of source on success

Return values:

: 0 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksNew(), ksDel()
keyDup() for Key duplication

cursor_t kdb::KeySet::getCursor () const [inline]

Get the KeySet internal cursor. Use it to get the cursor of the actual position.

Warning:

: Cursors are getting invalid when the key was ksPop()ed or ksLookup() with KDB_O_POP was used.

Read ahead

With the cursors it is possible to read ahead in a keyset:

cursor_t jump;
ksRewind (ks);
while ((key = keyNextMeta (ks))!=0)
{
        // now mark this key
        jump = ksGetCursor(ks);
        //code..
        keyNextMeta (ks); // now browse on
        // use ksCurrent(ks) to check the keys
        //code..
        // jump back to the position marked before
        ksSetCursor(ks, jump);
}

Restoring state

It can also be used to restore the state of a keyset in a function

int f (KeySet *ks)
{
        cursor_t state = ksGetCursor(ks);
        // work with keyset
        // now bring the keyset to the state before
        ksSetCursor (ks, state);
}

It is of course possible to make the KeySet const and cast its const away to set the cursor. Another way to achieve the same is to ksDup() the keyset, but it is not as efficient.

An invalid cursor will be returned directly after ksRewind(). When you set an invalid cursor ksCurrent() is 0 and ksNext() == ksHead().

Note:

: Only use a cursor for the same keyset which it was made for.

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Returns:

: a valid cursor on success
an invalid cursor on NULL pointer or after ksRewind()

See also:

: ksNext(), ksSetCursor()

ckdb::KeySet * kdb::KeySet::getKeySet () const [inline]

Passes out the raw keyset pointer.

Returns:

: pointer to internal ckdb KeySet

See also:

: release()
setKeySet()

Key kdb::KeySet::head () const [inline]

Return the first key in the KeySet.

Returns:

: alphabetical first key

The KeySets cursor will not be effected.

If ksCurrent()==ksHead() you know you are on the first key.

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Returns:

: the first Key of a keyset

Return values:

: 0 on NULL pointer or empty keyset

See also:

: ksTail() for the last Key
ksRewind(), ksCurrent() and ksNext() for iterating over the KeySet

Key kdb::KeySet::lookup (const Key & key, const option_t options = KDB_O_NONE) const [inline]

Look for a Key contained in ks that matches the name of the key. ksLookup() is designed to let you work with entirely pre-loaded KeySets. The idea is to fully kdbGet() for your application root key and process it all at once with ksLookup().

This function is efficient by using binary search. Together with kdbGet() which can you load the whole configuration you can write very effective but short code for configuration:

This is the way programs should get their configuration and search after the values. It is guaranteed that more namespaces can be added easily and that all values can be set by admin and user. Furthermore, using the kdb-tool, it is possible to find out which value an application will find.

If found, ks internal cursor will be positioned in the matched key (also accessible by ksCurrent()), and a pointer to the Key is returned. If not found, ks internal cursor will not move, and a NULL pointer is returned.

Cascading is done if the first character is a /. This leads to search in all namespaces proc/, dir/, user/ and system/, but also correctly considers the specification (=metadata) in spec/:

override/# will make sure that another key is considered before
namespace/# will change the number and/or order in which the namespaces are searched
fallback/# will search for other keys when the other possibilities up to now were not successful
default to return the given value when not even fallback keys were found.

Note:

: override and fallback work recursively, while default does not.

This process is very flexible, but it would be boring to follow all this links in the head to find out which key will be taken. So use kdb get -v to trace the keys.

KDB_O_POP

: When KDB_O_POP is set the key which was found will be ksPop()ed. ksCurrent() will not be changed, only iff ksCurrent() is the searched key, then the keyset will be ksRewind()ed.

Note:

: Like in ksPop() the popped key always needs to be keyDel() afterwards, even if it is appended to another keyset.

Warning:

: All cursors on the keyset will be invalid iff you use KDB_O_POP, so don't use this if you rely on a cursor, see ksGetCursor().

The invalidation of cursors does not matter if you use multiple keysets, e.g. by using ksDup(). E.g., to separate ksLookup() with KDB_O_POP and ksAppendKey():

void f(KeySet *iterator, KeySet *lookup)
{
        KeySet *append = ksNew (ksGetSize(lookup), KS_END);
        Key *key;
        Key *current;
        ksRewind(iterator);
        while ((current=ksNext(iterator)))
        {
                key = ksLookup (lookup, current, KDB_O_POP);
                // do something...
                ksAppendKey(append, key); // now append it to append, not lookup!
                keyDel (key); // make sure to ALWAYS delete poped keys.
        }
        ksAppend(lookup, append);
        // now lookup needs to be sorted only once, append never
        ksDel (append);
}

This is also a nice example how a complete application with ksLookup() can look like.

KDB_O_DEL

: Passing KDB_O_DEL will cause the deletion of the parameter key using keyDel().

KDB_O_NOALL (deprecated)

: When KDB_O_NOALL is set the keyset will be only searched from ksCurrent() to ksTail(). You need to ksRewind() the keyset yourself. ksCurrent() is always set properly after searching a key, so you can go on searching another key after the found key.
When KDB_O_NOALL is not set the cursor will stay untouched and all keys are considered. A much more efficient binary search will be used then.

KDB_O_WITHOWNER (deprecated)

: Also consider correct owner (needs KDB_O_NOALL).

KDB_O_NOCASE (deprecated)

: Lookup ignoring case (needs KDB_O_NOALL).

Parameters:

: ks where to look for
key the key object you are looking for
options of type option_t with some KDB_O_* option bits as explained above

Returns:

: pointer to the Key found, 0 otherwise

Return values:

: 0 on NULL pointers

See also:

: ksLookupByName() to search by a name given by a string
ksCurrent(), ksRewind(), ksNext() for iterating over a KeySet

Note:

: That the internal key cursor will point to the found key

Key kdb::KeySet::lookup (std::string const & name, const option_t options = KDB_O_NONE) const [inline]

Lookup a key by name.

Parameters:

: name the name to look for
options some options to pass

Returns:

: the found key

See also:

: lookup (const Key &Key, const option_t options)

Note:

: That the internal key cursor will point to the found key

Key kdb::KeySet::next () const [inline]

Returns the next Key in a KeySet. KeySets have an internal cursor that can be reset with ksRewind(). Every time ksNext() is called the cursor is incremented and the new current Key is returned.

You'll get a NULL pointer if the key after the end of the KeySet was reached. On subsequent calls of ksNext() it will still return the NULL pointer.

The ks internal cursor will be changed, so it is not const.

Note:

: You must not delete or change the key, use ksPop() if you want to delete it.

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Returns:

: the new current Key

Return values:

: 0 when the end is reached
0 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksRewind(), ksCurrent()

KeySet & kdb::KeySet::operator= (KeySet const & other) [inline]

Duplicate a keyset. This keyset will be a duplicate of the other afterwards.

Note:

: that they still reference to the same Keys, so if you change key values also the keys in the original keyset will be changed.

Key kdb::KeySet::pop () [inline]

Remove and return the last key of ks. The reference counter will be decremented by one.

The KeySets cursor will not be effected if it did not point to the popped key.

Note:

: You need to keyDel() the key afterwards, if you don't append it to another keyset. It has the same semantics like a key allocated with keyNew() or keyDup().

ks1=ksNew(0, KS_END);
ks2=ksNew(0, KS_END);
k1=keyNew("user/name", KEY_END); // ref counter 0
ksAppendKey(ks1, k1); // ref counter 1
ksAppendKey(ks2, k1); // ref counter 2
k1=ksPop (ks1); // ref counter 1
k1=ksPop (ks2); // ref counter 0, like after keyNew()
ksAppendKey(ks1, k1); // ref counter 1
ksDel (ks1); // key is deleted too
ksDel (ks2);

Returns:

: the last key of ks

Return values:

: NULL if ks is empty or on NULL pointer

Parameters:

: ks KeySet to work with

See also:

: ksAppendKey(), ksAppend()
commandList() for an example

void kdb::KeySet::rewind () const [inline]

Rewinds the KeySet internal cursor. Use it to set the cursor to the beginning of the KeySet. ksCurrent() will then always return NULL afterwards. So you want to ksNext() first.

ksRewind (ks);
while ((key = ksNext (ks))!=0) {}

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Return values:

: 0 on success
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksNext(), ksCurrent()

void kdb::KeySet::setCursor (cursor_t cursor) const [inline]

Set the KeySet internal cursor. Use it to set the cursor to a stored position. ksCurrent() will then be the position which you got with.

Warning:

: Cursors may get invalid when the key was ksPop()ed or ksLookup() was used together with KDB_O_POP.

cursor_t cursor;
..
// key now in any position here
cursor = ksGetCursor (ks);
while ((key = keyNextMeta (ks))!=0) {}
ksSetCursor (ks, cursor); // reset state
ksCurrent(ks); // in same position as before

An invalid cursor will set the keyset to its beginning like ksRewind(). When you set an invalid cursor ksCurrent() is 0 and ksNext() == ksHead().

Parameters:

: cursor the cursor to use
ks the keyset object to work with

Return values:

: 0 when the keyset is ksRewind()ed
1 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: ksNext(), ksGetCursor()

void kdb::KeySet::setKeySet (ckdb::KeySet * k) [inline]

Take ownership of passed keyset.

Parameters:

: k the keyset to take ownership from

See also:

: release()
getKeySet()

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::size () const [inline]

The size of the keyset.

Returns:

: the number of keys in the keyset

Key kdb::KeySet::tail () const [inline]

Return the last key in the KeySet.

Returns:

: alphabetical last key

The KeySets cursor will not be effected.

If ksCurrent()==ksTail() you know you are on the last key. ksNext() will return a NULL pointer afterwards.

Parameters:

: ks the keyset object to work with

Returns:

: the last Key of a keyset

Return values:

: 0 on NULL pointer or empty keyset

See also:

: ksHead() for the first Key
ksRewind(), ksCurrent() and ksNext() for iterating over the KeySet

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

kdb::KeySet::KeySet () [inline]

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (ckdb::KeySet * k) [inline]

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (const KeySet & other) [inline]

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (size_t alloc, ...) [inline], [explicit]

kdb::KeySet::KeySet (Va va, size_t alloc, va_list av) [inline], [explicit]

kdb::KeySet::~KeySet () [inline]

Member Function Documentation

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::append (const Key & toAppend) [inline]

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::append (const KeySet & toAppend) [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::at (cursor_t pos) const [inline]

void kdb::KeySet::clear () [inline]

void kdb::KeySet::copy (const KeySet & other) [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::current () const [inline]

KeySet kdb::KeySet::cut (Key k) [inline]

ckdb::KeySet * kdb::KeySet::dup () const [inline]

cursor_t kdb::KeySet::getCursor () const [inline]

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ckdb::KeySet * kdb::KeySet::getKeySet () const [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::head () const [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::lookup (const Key & key, const option_t options = KDB_O_NONE) const [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::lookup (std::string const & name, const option_t options = KDB_O_NONE) const [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::next () const [inline]

KeySet & kdb::KeySet::operator= (KeySet const & other) [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::pop () [inline]

void kdb::KeySet::rewind () const [inline]

void kdb::KeySet::setCursor (cursor_t cursor) const [inline]

void kdb::KeySet::setKeySet (ckdb::KeySet * k) [inline]

ssize_t kdb::KeySet::size () const [inline]

Key kdb::KeySet::tail () const [inline]

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