public DBRecord Get_Item(string recordID)
{
recordID = NormalizeRecordPath(recordID);
DBRecord ans = (DBRecord)(m_cache[recordID]);
if (ans == null)
{
RecordInfo rawRecord = (RecordInfo)m_recordInfo[recordID];
if (rawRecord == null)
{
return(null); // record not found
}
ans = rawRecord.Decompress(this);
m_cache.Add(recordID, ans);
}
return(ans);
}
// The Item property caches the DBRecords, which is great when you
// are only using a few 100 (1000?) records and are requesting
// them many times. Not great if you are looping through all the
// records as it eats alot of memory. This method will create
// the record on the fly if it is not in the cache so when you are
// done with it, it can be reclaimed by the garbage collector.
// Great for when you want to loop through all the records for
// some reason. It will take longer, but use less memory.
public DBRecord GetRecordUnCached(string recordID)
{
recordID = NormalizeRecordPath(recordID);
// If it is already in the cache no need not to use it
DBRecord ans = (DBRecord)(m_cache[recordID]);
if (ans != null)
{
return(ans);
}
RecordInfo rawRecord = (RecordInfo)(m_recordInfo[recordID]);
if (rawRecord == null)
{
return(null); // record not found
}
return(rawRecord.Decompress(this));
}