.TH "heimbase" 3 "Tue Jul 11 2017" "Version 7.4.0" "Heimdalbaselibrary" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
heimbase \- Heimbase
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Registers a DB type for use with heim_db_create()\&.  
Registers a DB type for use with heim_db_create()\&. 

heim_db_register 
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdbtype\fP Name of DB type 
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\fIdata\fP Private data argument to the dbtype's openf method 
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\fIplugin\fP Structure with DB type methods (function pointers)
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Backends that provide begin/commit/rollback methods must provide ACID semantics\&.
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The registered DB type will have ACID semantics for backends that do not provide begin/commit/rollback methods but do provide lock/unlock and rdjournal/wrjournal methods (using a replay log journalling scheme)\&.
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If the registered DB type does not natively provide read vs\&. write transaction isolation but does provide a lock method then the DB will provide read/write transaction isolation\&.
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
ENOMEM on failure, else 0\&.
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Open a database of the given dbtype\&.
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Database type names can be composed of one or more pseudo-DB types and one concrete DB type joined with a '+' between each\&. For example: 'transaction+bdb' might be a Berkeley DB with a layer above that provides transactions\&.
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Options may be provided via a dict (an associative array)\&. Existing options include:
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.IP "\(bu" 2
'create', with any value (create if DB doesn't exist)
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'exclusive', with any value (exclusive create)
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'truncate', with any value (truncate the DB)
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'read-only', with any value (disallow writes)
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'sync', with any value (make transactions durable)
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'journal-name', with a string value naming a journal file name
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdbtype\fP Name of DB type 
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\fIdbname\fP Name of DB (likely a file path) 
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\fIoptions\fP Options dict 
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\fIdb\fP Output open DB handle 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
a DB handle
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Clone (duplicate) an open DB handle\&.
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This is useful for multi-threaded applications\&. Applications must synchronize access to any given DB handle\&.
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Returns EBUSY if there is an open transaction for the input db\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
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a DB handle
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Open a transaction on the given db\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, system error otherwise
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Commit an open transaction on the given db\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, system error otherwise
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Rollback an open transaction on the given db\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, system error otherwise
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Get type ID of heim_db_t objects\&.
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Lookup a key's value in the DB\&.
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Returns 0 on success, -1 if the key does not exist in the DB, or a system error number on failure\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIkey\fP Key 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
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the value (retained), if there is one for the given key
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Set a key's value in the DB\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIkey\fP Key 
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\fIvalue\fP Value (if NULL the key will be deleted, but empty is OK) 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
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0 on success, system error otherwise
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Delete a key and its value from the DB
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIkey\fP Key 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, system error otherwise
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Iterate a callback function over keys and values from a DB\&.
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIdb\fP Open DB handle 
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\fIiter_data\fP Callback function's private data 
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\fIiter_f\fP Callback function, called once per-key/value pair 
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\fIerror\fP Output error object
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Get a node in a heim_object tree by path
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIptr\fP tree 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fIap\fP NULL-terminated va_list of heim_object_ts that form a path
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\fBReturns:\fP
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object (not retained) if found
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Get a node in a tree by path, with retained reference
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIptr\fP tree 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fIap\fP NULL-terminated va_list of heim_object_ts that form a path
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
retained object if found
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Get a node in a tree by path
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIptr\fP tree 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fI\&.\&.\&.\fP NULL-terminated va_list of heim_object_ts that form a path
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
object (not retained) if found
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Get a node in a tree by path, with retained reference
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIptr\fP tree 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fI\&.\&.\&.\fP NULL-terminated va_list of heim_object_ts that form a path
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
retained object if found
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Create a path in a heim_object_t tree
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIptr\fP the tree 
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\fIsize\fP the size of the heim_dict_t nodes to be created 
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\fIleaf\fP leaf node to be added, if any 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fIap\fP NULL-terminated of path component objects
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Create a path of heim_dict_t interior nodes in a given heim_object_t tree, as necessary, and set/replace a leaf, if given (if leaf is NULL then the leaf is not deleted)\&.
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, else a system error
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Create a path in a heim_object_t tree
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIptr\fP the tree 
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\fIsize\fP the size of the heim_dict_t nodes to be created 
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\fIleaf\fP leaf node to be added, if any 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fI\&.\&.\&.\fP NULL-terminated list of path component objects
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Create a path of heim_dict_t interior nodes in a given heim_object_t tree, as necessary, and set/replace a leaf, if given (if leaf is NULL then the leaf is not deleted)\&.
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\fBReturns:\fP
.RS 4
0 on success, else a system error
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Delete leaf node named by a path in a heim_object_t tree
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIptr\fP the tree 
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\fIerror\fP error (output) 
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\fIap\fP NULL-terminated list of path component objects
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Dump a heimbase object to stderr (useful from the debugger!)
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\fBParameters:\fP
.RS 4
\fIobj\fP object to dump using JSON or JSON-like format 
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