Key/Value Maps

Programs can use maps to store key/value pairs in a persistence store.

A map behaves like a simple database table with two columns: key and value. The key is a string, and the value is a message.

Programs assign a name to each map. A store may contain many maps, each with a unique name.

API methods can do these operations:

• Create a map.
• Set a key/value pair or multiple key/value pairs.
• Get a key's value.
• Remove a key/value pair.
• Iterate over all the key/value pairs in a map, or some of the key/value pairs using a string matcher.
• Close a map object.
• Delete a map from the store.

In addition, most of these methods are available as locked operations. That is, you can use a lock to ensure that map operations in different processes do not interfere with one another (see Locks).

In order for a program to use maps, administrators must enable dynamic last-value durables in a persistence store. For more information, see “Enabling Key/Value Maps” in TIBCO FTL Administration.