Public Member Functions
abstract NetricsRecord	getNext ()
	Returns the next record.

abstract bool	hasNext ()
	Returns true if the source has more records.

abstract void	reset ()
	Reset the source to the first record.

bool	hasNext ()
	Returns true if the source has more records.

NetricsBaseRecord	getNext ()
	Returns the next record.

void	reset ()
	Reset the source to the first record.

Detailed Description

Generic interface for reading records.

This interface defines how sets of single table records are passed in the API. When a constructor or method needs a set of simple records it expects an object that implements this interface. By creating a class that implements this interface the user can feed records from any source directly into the API. The API can then stream these records into the engine. For example, an implementation of NetricsRecSrc that feeds the records in a DataTable into the getNext method would allow records to be streamed from a DBMS into an ibi™ Patterns - Search table. If a server-side cursor was used any number of records could be streamed without incurring a large memory overhead. E.g.:

The ibi™ Patterns - Search .NET interface has two predefined implementations of the NetricsRecSrc interface: NetricsArrayRecSrc is a simple array of records, NetricsCSVRecSrc reads records from a standard format CSV file.