예제 #1
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        private void Cursor10000Test()
        {
            //create database
            Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
            env.Create("ntest.db");

            Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
            param[0] = new Parameter();
            param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEY_TYPE;
            param[0].value = HamConst.HAM_TYPE_UINT64;
            Database db = env.CreateDatabase(1, 0, param);

            //insert records
            for (ulong i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                byte[] key = BitConverter.GetBytes(i);
                byte[] record = new byte[20];
                db.Insert(key, record);
            }

            //close database
            db.Close();

            //reopen again
            db = env.OpenDatabase(1);
            Cursor cursor = new Cursor(db);

            cursor.MoveFirst();
            ulong firstKey = BitConverter.ToUInt64(cursor.GetKey(), 0);
            Assert.AreEqual((ulong)0, firstKey);

            cursor.MoveLast();
            ulong lastKey = BitConverter.ToUInt64(cursor.GetKey(), 0);
            Assert.AreEqual((ulong)9999, lastKey);

            //close database
            cursor.Close();
            db.Close();
            env.Close();
        }
예제 #2
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 private void CreateStringIntIntParameterNeg()
 {
     Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
     Database db = new Database();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
     param[0].value = 1024;
     try {
         env.Create("ntest.db", HamConst.HAM_IN_MEMORY, 0644, param);
         env.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.AreEqual(HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER, e.ErrorCode);
     }
 }
예제 #3
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        private void CreateWithParameters()
        {
            using (Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment())
            {
                env.Create("ntest.db");

                Parameter[] param = new Parameter[] {
                    new Parameter {
                        name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEYSIZE, value = 32
                    }
                };
                using (Database db = env.CreateDatabase(13, 0, param)) { }
            }
        }
예제 #4
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 private static Parameter[] AppendNullParameter(Parameter[] parameters)
 {
     Parameter[] newArray = new Parameter[parameters.GetLength(0)+1];
     for (int i = 0; i < parameters.GetLength(0); i++)
         newArray[i] = parameters[i];
     return newArray;
 }
예제 #5
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 /// <summary>
 /// Opens an existing Environment
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 /// This method wraps the native ham_env_open function.
 /// </remarks>
 ///
 /// <param name="fileName">The file name of the Environment file.</param>
 /// <param name="flags">Optional flags for this operation, combined
 /// with bitwise OR. Possible flags are:
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_READ_ONLY" />
 ///     Opens the file for reading only. Operations which need
 ///     write access (i.e. Database.Insert)
 ///     will return <see cref="HamConst.HAM_WRITE_PROTECTED" />.
 ///     </item><br />
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_FSYNC" />
 ///     Immediately write modified pages to the disk. This
 ///     slows down all Database operations, but may save the
 ///     Database integrity in case of a system crash.</item><br />
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_MMAP" />
 ///     Do not use memory mapped files for I/O. By default,
 ///     hamsterdb checks if it can use mmap, since mmap is faster
 ///     than read/write. For performance reasons, this flag should
 ///     not be used.</item><br />
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />
 ///     Enables logging/recovery for this Database. Will return
 ///     <see cref="HamConst.HAM_NEED_RECOVERY" />, if the
 ///     Database is in an inconsistent state. Not allowed in
 ///     combination with <see cref="HamConst.HAM_IN_MEMORY" />,
 ///     <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_FREELIST_FLUSH" /> and
 ///     <see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_FSYNC" />.</item><br />
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_AUTO_RECOVERY" />
 ///     Automatically recover the Database, if necessary. This
 ///     flag imples <see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />.
 ///     </item><br />
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_TRANSACTIONS" />
 ///     Enables Transactions for this Database. This flag implies
 ///     <see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />.</item><br />
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <param name="parameters">An array of <see cref="Parameter" />
 /// structures. The following parameters are available:<br />
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE" />
 ///     The size of the Database cache, in bytes. The default size
 ///     is defined in <i>src/config.h</i> as HAM_DEFAULT_CACHESIZE
 ///     - usually 2 MB.</item><br />
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <exception cref="DatabaseException">
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER"/>
 ///     if an invalid combination of flags was specified</item>
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_FILE_NOT_FOUND"/>
 ///     if the file does not exist</item>
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_IO_ERROR"/>
 ///     if the file could not be opened or reading/writing failed</item>
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_FILE_VERSION"/>
 ///     if the Database version is not compatible with the library
 ///     version</item>
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_OUT_OF_MEMORY"/>
 ///     if memory could not be allocated</item>
 ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_WOULD_BLOCK"/>
 ///     if another process has locked the file</item>
 ///   </list>
 /// </exception>
 public void Open(String fileName, int flags,
 Parameter[] parameters)
 {
     int st;
       handle = new IntPtr(0);
       if (parameters != null)
     parameters = AppendNullParameter(parameters);
       lock (this) {
     st = NativeMethods.EnvOpen(out handle, fileName, flags,
       parameters);
       }
       if (st != 0)
     throw new DatabaseException(st);
 }
예제 #6
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 /// <summary>
 /// Opens a Database in this Environment
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 /// This method wraps the native ham_env_open_db function.
 /// </remarks>
 /// <param name="name">The name of the Database. If a Database
 /// with this name does not exist, the function will throw
 /// <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND"/>.</param>
 /// <param name="flags">Optional flags for this operation, combined
 /// with bitwise OR. Possible flags are:
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_VAR_KEYLEN" />
 ///         Do not allow the use of variable length keys. Inserting
 ///         a key, which is larger than the B+Tree index key size,
 ///         returns <see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_KEYSIZE" />.</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_SORT_DUPLICATES" />
 ///         Sort duplicate keys for this Database. Only allowed in
 ///         combination with HAM_ENABLE_DUPLICATES. A compare function
 ///         can be set with <see cref="Database.SetDuplicateCompareFunc"/>.
 ///         This flag is not persistent.</item><br />
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <param name="parameters">An array of <see cref="Parameter" />
 /// structures. The following parameters are available:<br />
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_DATA_ACCESS_MODE" />
 ///         Gives a hint regarding data access patterns. The default
 ///         setting optimizes hamsterdb for random read/write access
 ///         (<see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_RANDOM_WRITE"/>).
 ///         Use <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_SEQUENTIAL_INSERT"/> for
 ///         sequential inserts (this is automatically set for
 ///         record number Databases). This flag is not persistent.</item>
 ///     </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <exception cref="DatabaseException">
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER"/>
 ///         if an invalid combination of flags was specified</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND"/>
 ///         if a Database with this name does not exist</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_ALREADY_OPEN"/>
 ///         if this Database was already opened</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_OUT_OF_MEMORY"/>
 ///         if memory could not be allocated</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_WOULD_BLOCK"/>
 ///         if another process has locked the file</item>
 ///   </list>
 /// </exception>
 /// <returns>The new Database object</returns>
 public Database OpenDatabase(short name, int flags,
         Parameter[] parameters)
 {
     int st;
     IntPtr dbh;
     if (parameters != null)
         parameters = AppendNullParameter(parameters);
     lock (this)
     {
         st = NativeMethods.NewDatabaseHandle(out dbh);
         if (st != 0)
             throw new DatabaseException(st);
         st = NativeMethods.EnvOpenDatabase(handle, dbh,
             name, flags, parameters);
     }
     if (st != 0)
         throw new DatabaseException(st);
     return new Database(dbh);
 }
예제 #7
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 public void CreateStringIntIntParameterNeg()
 {
     Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_PAGESIZE;
     param[0].value = 777;
     try {
         env.Create("ntest.db", 0, 0644, param);
         env.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.AreEqual(HamConst.HAM_INV_PAGESIZE, e.ErrorCode);
     }
 }
예제 #8
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 public static extern int EnvCreate(out IntPtr handle, String fileName,
 int flags, int mode, Parameter[] parameters);
예제 #9
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 public static extern int EnvOpen(out IntPtr handle, String fileName,
 int flags, Parameter[] parameters);
예제 #10
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        private Database CreateDatabase(string file)
        {
            List<Parameter> list = new List<Parameter>();

            Parameter param1 = new Parameter();
            param1.name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
            param1.value = 768 * 1024 * 1024;
            list.Add(param1);

            Parameter param2 = new Parameter();
            param2.name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEYSIZE;
            param2.value = 8; // sizeof(ulong);
            list.Add(param2);

            Database db = new Database();
            db.Create(file, 0, 0, list.ToArray());
            db.SetCompareFunc(new CompareFunc(NumericalCompareFunc));
            return db;
        }
예제 #11
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 public void CreateInvalidParameter()
 {
     Database db = new Database();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[3];
     param[1] = new Parameter();
     param[2] = new Parameter();
     try {
         db.Create("ntest.db", 0, 0, param);
         db.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.AreEqual(HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER, e.ErrorCode);
     }
 }
예제 #12
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 public void CreateStringIntIntParameterNeg()
 {
     Database db = new Database();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
     param[0].value = 1024;
     try {
         db.Create("ntest.db", HamConst.HAM_IN_MEMORY_DB, 0644, param);
         db.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.AreEqual(HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER, e.ErrorCode);
     }
 }
예제 #13
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 public void CreateStringIntIntParameter()
 {
     Database db = new Database();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
     param[0].value = 1024;
     try {
         db.Create("ntest.db", 0, 0644, param);
         db.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.Fail("Unexpected exception " + e);
     }
 }
예제 #14
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        /// <summary>
        /// Opens a Database in this Environment
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This method wraps the native ham_env_open_db function.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="name">The name of the Database. If a Database
        /// with this name does not exist, the function will throw
        /// <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND"/>.</param>
        /// <param name="flags">Optional flags for this operation, combined
        /// with bitwise OR. Possible flags are:
        ///   <list type="bullet">
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_READ_ONLY" />
        ///     Opens the database for reading.</item>
        ///   </list>
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="parameters">An array of <see cref="Parameter" />
        /// structures. The following parameters are available:<br />
        ///   <list type="bullet">
        ///   </list>
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="DatabaseException">
        ///   <list type="bullet">
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER"/>
        ///     if an invalid combination of flags was specified</item>
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND"/>
        ///     if a Database with this name does not exist</item>
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_ALREADY_OPEN"/>
        ///     if this Database was already opened</item>
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_OUT_OF_MEMORY"/>
        ///     if memory could not be allocated</item>
        ///   <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_WOULD_BLOCK"/>
        ///     if another process has locked the file</item>
        ///   </list>
        /// </exception>
        /// <returns>The new Database object</returns>
        public Database OpenDatabase(short name, int flags,
        Parameter[] parameters)
        {
            int st;
              IntPtr dbh = new IntPtr(0);
              if (parameters != null)
            parameters = AppendNullParameter(parameters);
              lock (this) {
            st = NativeMethods.EnvOpenDatabase(handle, out dbh,
            name, flags, parameters);
              }
              if (st != 0)
            throw new DatabaseException(st);

              Database db = new Database(dbh);
              databases.Add(db);
              return db;
        }
예제 #15
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        private Database OpenDatabase(string file)
        {
            List<Parameter> list = new List<Parameter>();

            Parameter param1 = new Parameter();
            param1.name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
            param1.value = 768 * 1024 * 1024;
            list.Add(param1);

            Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
            Database db = new Database();
            env.Open(file, 0, list.ToArray());
            db = env.OpenDatabase(1);
            db.SetCompareFunc(new CompareFunc(NumericalCompareFunc));
            return db;
        }
예제 #16
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 public static extern int EnvOpenDatabase(IntPtr handle,
 out IntPtr dbhandle, short name, int flags,
 Parameter[] parameters);
예제 #17
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        private void SetComparator()
        {
            Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
            Database db = new Database();
            byte[] k = new byte[5];
            byte[] r = new byte[5];
            Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
            param[0] = new Parameter();
            param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEY_TYPE;
            param[0].value = HamConst.HAM_TYPE_CUSTOM;

            compareCounter = 0;
            try {
                env.Create("ntest.db");
                db = env.CreateDatabase(1, 0, param);
                db.SetCompareFunc(new CompareFunc(MyCompareFunc));
                db.Insert(k, r);
                k[0] = 1;
                db.Insert(k, r);
                db.Close();
                env.Close();
            }
            catch (DatabaseException e) {
                Assert.Fail("unexpected exception " + e);
            }
            Assert.AreEqual(1, compareCounter);
        }
        private static Parameter GetCacheParam(long cacheSize)
        {
            Parameter param = new Parameter();
            param.name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
            param.value = cacheSize;

            return param;
        }
예제 #19
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 public void CreateStringIntIntParameter()
 {
     Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_MAX_ENV_DATABASES;
     param[0].value = 10;
     try {
         env.Create("ntest.db", 0, 0644, param);
         env.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.Fail("Unexpected exception " + e);
     }
 }
        private static Parameter GetKeySizeParam(long keySize)
        {
            Parameter param = new Parameter();
            param.name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEYSIZE;
            param.value = keySize;

            return param;
        }
예제 #21
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 public void OpenStringIntIntParameter()
 {
     Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[1];
     param[0] = new Parameter();
     param[0].name = HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE;
     param[0].value = 1024;
     try {
         env.Create("ntest.db", 0, 0644, param);
         env.Close();
         env.Open("ntest.db", 0, param);
         env.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.Fail("unexpected exception " + e);
     }
 }
예제 #22
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 private void CreateInvalidParameter()
 {
     Hamster.Environment env = new Hamster.Environment();
     Database db = new Database();
     Parameter[] param = new Parameter[3];
     param[1] = new Parameter();
     param[2] = new Parameter();
     try {
         env.Create("ntest.db");
         db = env.CreateDatabase(1, 0, param);
         db.Close();
         env.Close();
     }
     catch (DatabaseException e) {
         Assert.AreEqual(HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER, e.ErrorCode);
     }
 }
예제 #23
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 /// <summary>
 /// Opens an existing Database
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 /// This method wraps the native ham_open_ex function.
 /// </remarks>
 /// <param name="fileName">The file name of the Database file.</param>
 /// <param name="flags">Optional flags for this operation, combined
 /// with bitwise OR. Possible flags are:
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_READ_ONLY" />
 ///         Opens the file for reading only. Operations which need
 ///         write access (i.e. Database.Insert) 
 ///         will return <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DB_READ_ONLY" />.
 ///         </item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_WRITE_THROUGH" />
 ///         Immediately write modified pages to the disk. This 
 ///         slows down all Database operations, but may save the 
 ///         Database integrity in case of a system crash.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_VAR_KEYLEN" />
 ///         Do not allow the use of variable length keys. Inserting 
 ///         a key, which is larger than the B+Tree index key size, 
 ///         returns <see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_KEYSIZE" />.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_MMAP" />
 ///         Do not use memory mapped files for I/O. By default, 
 ///         hamsterdb checks if it can use mmap, since mmap is faster 
 ///         than read/write. For performance reasons, this flag should 
 ///         not be used.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_CACHE_STRICT" />
 ///         Do not allow the cache to grow larger than the size specified
 ///         with <see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE" />. If a 
 ///         Database operation needs to resize the cache, it will
 ///         fail and return <see cref="HamConst.HAM_CACHE_FULL" />.
 ///         If the flag is not set, the cache is allowed to allocate
 ///         more pages than the maximum cache size, but only if it's
 ///         necessary and only for a short time.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_FREELIST_FLUSH" />
 ///         This flag is deprecated.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE" />
 ///         Place an exclusive lock on the file. Only one process
 ///         may hold an exclusive lock for a given file at a given 
 ///         time. Deprecated - this is now the default.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />
 ///         Enables logging/recovery for this Database. Will return
 ///         <see cref="HamConst.HAM_NEED_RECOVERY" />, if the
 ///         Database is in an inconsistent state. Not allowed in
 ///         combination with <see cref="HamConst.HAM_IN_MEMORY_DB" />,
 ///         <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_FREELIST_FLUSH" /> and
 ///         <see cref="HamConst.HAM_WRITE_THROUGH" />.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_TRANSACTIONS" />
 ///         Enables Transactions for this Database. This flag implies
 ///         <see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_AUTO_RECOVERY" />
 ///         Automatically recover the Database, if necessary. This
 ///         flag imples <see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_RECOVERY" />.
 ///         </item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_SORT_DUPLICATES" />
 ///         Sort duplicate keys for this Database. Only allowed in
 ///         combination with HAM_ENABLE_DUPLICATES. A compare function
 ///         can be set with <see cref="Database.SetDuplicateCompareFunc"/>. 
 ///         This flag is not persistent.</item><br />
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <param name="parameters">An array of <see cref="Parameter" /> 
 /// structures. The following parameters are available:<br />
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_CACHESIZE" />
 ///         The size of the Database cache, in bytes. The default size 
 ///         is defined in <i>src/config.h</i> as HAM_DEFAULT_CACHESIZE 
 ///         - usually 2 MB.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_DATA_ACCESS_MODE" />
 ///         Gives a hint regarding data access patterns. The default 
 ///         setting optimizes hamsterdb for random read/write access 
 ///         (<see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_RANDOM_WRITE"/>).
 ///         Use <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_SEQUENTIAL_INSERT"/> for 
 ///         sequential inserts (this is automatically set for 
 ///         record number Databases). This flag is not persistent.</item>
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <exception cref="DatabaseException">
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER"/>
 ///         if an invalid combination of flags was specified</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_FILE_NOT_FOUND"/>
 ///         if the file does not exist</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_IO_ERROR"/>
 ///         if the file could not be opened or reading/writing failed</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_FILE_VERSION"/>
 ///         if the Database version is not compatible with the library 
 ///         version</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_OUT_OF_MEMORY"/>
 ///         if memory could not be allocated</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_WOULD_BLOCK"/>
 ///         if another process has locked the file</item>
 ///   </list>
 /// </exception>
 public void Open(String fileName, int flags, 
         Parameter[] parameters)
 {
     int st;
     if (parameters != null)
         parameters = AppendNullParameter(parameters);
     lock (this) {
         if (initialized == false) {
             st = NativeMethods.NewDatabaseHandle(out handle);
             if (st != 0)
                 throw new DatabaseException(st);
             initialized = true;
         }
         st = NativeMethods.Open(handle, fileName, flags, parameters);
     }
     if (st != 0)
         throw new DatabaseException(st);
 }
예제 #24
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 /// <summary>
 /// Creates a new Database in this Environment
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>This method wraps the native ham_env_create_db function.
 /// </remarks>
 /// <returns>The new Database object</returns>
 /// <param name="name">The name of the Database. If a Database
 /// with this name already exists, 
 /// <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS"/> is thrown.
 /// Database names from 0xf000 to 0xffff and 0 are reserved.</param>
 /// <param name="flags">Optional flags for creating the Database,
 /// combined with bitwise OR. Possible values are:
 ///   <list>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_USE_BTREE" />
 ///         Use a B+Tree for the index structure. Currently enabled
 ///         by default, but future releases of hamsterdb will offer 
 ///         additional index structures, i.e. hash tables.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DISABLE_VAR_KEYLEN" />
 ///         Do not allow the use of variable length keys. Inserting 
 ///         a key, which is larger than the B+Tree index key size, 
 ///         returns <see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_KEYSIZE" />.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_RECORD_NUMBER" />
 ///         Enable duplicate keys for this Database. By default,
 ///         duplicate keys are disabled.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_ENABLE_DUPLICATES" />
 ///         Creates an "auto-increment" Database. Keys in Record
 ///         Number Databases are automatically assigned an incrementing
 ///         64bit value.</item>        
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_SORT_DUPLICATES" />
 ///         Sort duplicate keys for this Database. Only allowed in
 ///         combination with HAM_ENABLE_DUPLICATES. A compare function
 ///         can be set with <see cref="Database.SetDuplicateCompareFunc"/>. 
 ///         This flag is not persistent.</item><br />
 ///   </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <param name="parameters">An array of <see cref="Parameter" /> 
 /// structures. The following parameters are available:<br />
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_KEYSIZE" />
 ///         The size of the keys in the B+Tree index. The default size
 ///         is 21 bytes.</item><br />
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_PARAM_DATA_ACCESS_MODE" />
 ///         Gives a hint regarding data access patterns. The default 
 ///         setting optimizes hamsterdb for random read/write access 
 ///         (<see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_RANDOM_WRITE"/>).
 ///         Use <see cref="HamConst.HAM_DAM_SEQUENTIAL_INSERT"/> for 
 ///         sequential inserts (this is automatically set for 
 ///         record number Databases). This flag is not persistent.</item>
 ///     </list>
 /// </param>
 /// <exception cref="DatabaseException">
 ///   <list type="bullet">
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_PARAMETER"/>
 ///         if an invalid combination of flags was specified</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS"/>
 ///         if a Database with this name already exists in this 
 ///         Environment</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_OUT_OF_MEMORY"/>
 ///         if memory could not be allocated</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_INV_KEYSIZE"/>
 ///         if the key size is too large (at least 4 keys must
 ///         fit in a page)</item>
 ///     <item><see cref="HamConst.HAM_LIMITS_REACHED"/>
 ///         if the maximum number of Databases per Environment 
 ///         was already created</item>
 ///   </list>
 /// </exception>
 /// <returns>The new Database object</returns>
 public Database CreateDatabase(short name, int flags, 
         Parameter[] parameters)
 {
     int st;
     IntPtr dbh;
     lock (this) {
         st = NativeMethods.NewDatabaseHandle(out dbh);
         if (st != 0)
             throw new DatabaseException(st);
         st = NativeMethods.EnvCreateDatabase(handle, dbh,
             name, flags, parameters);
     }
     if (st != 0)
         throw new DatabaseException(st);
     return new Database(dbh);
 }