GdaMetaStore

GdaMetaStore — Dictionary object

Stability Level

Stable, unless otherwise indicated

Functions

Properties

char * catalog Write / Construct Only
GdaConnection * cnc Read / Write / Construct Only
char * cnc-string Write / Construct Only
char * schema Write / Construct Only

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GdaMetaStore

Includes

#include <libgda/sql-parser/gda-sql-statement.h>

Description

Previous versions of Libgda relied on an XML based file to store dictionary information, such as the database's schema (tables, views, etc) and various other information. The problems were that it was difficult for an application to integrate its own data into the dictionary and that there were some performances problems as the XML file needed to be parsed (and converted into its own in-memory structure) before any data could be read out of it.

The new dictionary now relies on a database structure to store its data (see the

database schema section for a detailed description). The actual database can be a

single file (using an SQLite database), an entirely in memory database (also using an SQLite database), or a more conventional backend such as a PostgreSQL database for a shared dictionary on a server.

The GdaMetaStore object is thread safe.

Functions

gda_meta_store_new ()

GdaMetaStore *
gda_meta_store_new (const gchar *cnc_string);

Create a new GdaMetaStore object.

Parameters

cnc_string

a connection string, or NULL for an in-memory internal database.

[nullable]

Returns

the newly created object, or NULL if an error occurred.

[transfer full]


gda_meta_store_new_with_file ()

GdaMetaStore *
gda_meta_store_new_with_file (const gchar *file_name);

Create a new GdaMetaStore object using file_name as its internal database

Parameters

file_name

a file name

 

Returns

the newly created object, or NULL if an error occurred.

[transfer full]


gda_meta_store_get_version ()

gint
gda_meta_store_get_version (GdaMetaStore *store);

Get store 's internal schema's version

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

Returns

the version (incremented each time the schema changes, backward compatible)


gda_meta_store_sql_identifier_quote ()

gchar *
gda_meta_store_sql_identifier_quote (const gchar *id,
                                     GdaConnection *cnc);

Use this method to get a correctly quoted (if necessary) SQL identifier which can be used to retrieve or filter information in a GdaMetaStore which stores meta data about cnc .

The returned SQL identifier can be used in conjunction with gda_connection_update_meta_store(), gda_connection_get_meta_store_data(), gda_connection_get_meta_store_data_v() and gda_meta_store_extract().

Parameters

id

an SQL identifier

 

cnc

a GdaConnection

 

Returns

a new string, to free with g_free() once not needed anymore.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.0.3


gda_meta_store_extract ()

GdaDataModel *
gda_meta_store_extract (GdaMetaStore *store,
                        const gchar *select_sql,
                        GError **error,
                        ...);

Extracts some data stored in store using a custom SELECT query. If the select_sql filter involves SQL identifiers (such as table or column names), then the values should have been adapted using gda_meta_store_sql_identifier_quote().

For more information about SQL identifiers are represented in store , see the

meta data section about SQL identifiers.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

select_sql

a SELECT statement

 

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

...

a list of (variable name (gchar *), GValue *value) terminated with NULL, representing values for all the variables mentioned in select_sql . If there is no variable then this part can be omitted.

 

Returns

a new GdaDataModel, or NULL if an error occurred.

[transfer full]


gda_meta_store_extract_v ()

GdaDataModel *
gda_meta_store_extract_v (GdaMetaStore *store,
                          const gchar *select_sql,
                          GHashTable *vars,
                          GError **error);

Extracts some data stored in store using a custom SELECT query. If the select_sql filter involves SQL identifiers (such as table or column names), then the values should have been adapted using gda_meta_store_sql_identifier_quote().

For more information about SQL identifiers are represented in store , see the

meta data section about SQL identifiers.

[rename-to gda_meta_store_extract]

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

select_sql

a SELECT statement

 

vars

a hash table with all variables names as keys and GValue* as value, representing values for all the variables mentioned in select_sql . If there is no variable then this part can be omitted.

[element-type utf8 GObject.Value][nullable]

error

a place to store errors, or NULL

 

Returns

a new GdaDataModel, or NULL if an error occurred.

[transfer full]

Since: 4.2.6


gda_meta_store_schema_get_structure ()

GdaMetaStruct *
gda_meta_store_schema_get_structure (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                     GError **error);

Creates a new GdaMetaStruct object representing store 's internal database structure.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

a new GdaMetaStruct object, or NULL if an error occurred.

[transfer full]


gda_meta_store_get_attribute_value ()

gboolean
gda_meta_store_get_attribute_value (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                    const gchar *att_name,
                                    gchar **att_value,
                                    GError **error);

The GdaMetaStore object maintains a list of (name,value) attributes (attributes names starting with a '_' character are for internal use only and cannot be altered). This method and the gda_meta_store_set_attribute_value() method allows the user to add, set or remove attributes specific to their usage.

This method allows to get the value of a attribute stored in store . The returned attribute value is placed at att_value , the caller is responsible for free that string.

If there is no attribute named att_name then att_value is set to NULL and error will contain the GDA_META_STORE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR error code, and FALSE is returned.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

att_name

name of the attribute to get

 

att_value

the place to store the attribute value.

[out]

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if no error occurred


gda_meta_store_set_attribute_value ()

gboolean
gda_meta_store_set_attribute_value (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                    const gchar *att_name,
                                    const gchar *att_value,
                                    GError **error);

Set the value of the attribute named att_name to att_value ; see gda_meta_store_get_attribute_value() for more information.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

att_name

name of the attribute to set

 

att_value

value of the attribute to set, or NULL to unset the attribute.

[nullable]

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if no error occurred


gda_meta_store_schema_add_custom_object ()

gboolean
gda_meta_store_schema_add_custom_object
                               (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                const gchar *xml_description,
                                GError **error);

The internal database used by store can be 'augmented' with some user-defined database objects (such as tables or views). This method allows one to add a new database object.

If the internal database already contains the object, then:

  • if the object is equal to the provided description then TRUE is returned

  • if the object exists but differs from the provided description, then FALSE is returned, with the GDA_META_STORE_SCHEMA_OBJECT_CONFLICT_ERROR error code

The xml_description defines the table of view's definition, for example:

<table name="mytable">
    <column name="id" pkey="TRUE"/>
    <column name="value"/>
</table>

The partial DTD for this XML description of the object to add is the following (the top node must be a <table> or a <view>):

<!ELEMENT table (column*,check*,fkey*,unique*)>
<!ATTLIST table
          name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT column EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST column
          name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED
          type CDATA #IMPLIED
          pkey (TRUE|FALSE) #IMPLIED
          autoinc (TRUE|FALSE) #IMPLIED
          nullok (TRUE|FALSE) #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT check (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT fkey (part+)>
<!ATTLIST fkey
          ref_table NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>

<!ELEMENT part EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST part
          column NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
          ref_column NMTOKEN #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT unique (column)>

<!ELEMENT view (definition)>
<!ATTLIST view
          name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED
          descr CDATA #IMPLIED>

<!ELEMENT definition (#PCDATA)>

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

xml_description

an XML description of the table or view to add to store

 

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if the new object has successfully been added


gda_meta_store_get_internal_connection ()

GdaConnection *
gda_meta_store_get_internal_connection
                               (GdaMetaStore *store);

Get a pointer to the GdaConnection object internally used by store to store its contents.

The returned connection can be used to access some other data than the one managed by store itself. The returned object is not owned by the caller (if you need to keep it, then use g_object_ref()). Do not close the connection.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore object

 

Returns

a GdaConnection, or NULL.

[transfer none]


gda_meta_store_declare_foreign_key ()

gboolean
gda_meta_store_declare_foreign_key (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                    GdaMetaStruct *mstruct,
                                    const gchar *fk_name,
                                    const gchar *catalog,
                                    const gchar *schema,
                                    const gchar *table,
                                    const gchar *ref_catalog,
                                    const gchar *ref_schema,
                                    const gchar *ref_table,
                                    guint nb_cols,
                                    gchar **colnames,
                                    gchar **ref_colnames,
                                    GError **error);

Defines a new declared foreign key into store . If another declared foreign key is already defined between the two tables and with the same name, then it is first removed.

This method begins a transaction if possible (ie. none is already started), and if it can't, then if there is an error, the job may be partially done.

A check is always performed to make sure all the database objects actually exist and returns an error if not. The check is performed using mstruct if it's not NULL (in this case only the tables already represented in mstruct will be considered, in other words: mstruct will not be modified), and using an internal GdaMetaStruct is NULL.

The catalog , schema , table , ref_catalog , ref_schema and ref_table must follow the SQL identifiers naming convention, see the SQL identifiers section. The same convention needs to be respected for the strings in conames and ref_colnames .

If catalog is not NULL, then schema must also be not NULL (the same restriction applies to ref_catalog and ref_schema ).

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore

 

mstruct

a GdaMetaStruct, or NULL.

[nullable]

fk_name

the name of the foreign key to declare

 

catalog

the catalog in which the table (for which the foreign key is for) is, or NULL.

[nullable]

schema

the schema in which the table (for which the foreign key is for) is, or NULL.

[nullable]

table

the name of the table (for which the foreign key is for)

 

ref_catalog

the catalog in which the referenced table is, or NULL.

[nullable]

ref_schema

the schema in which the referenced table is, or NULL.

[nullable]

ref_table

the name of the referenced table

 

nb_cols

the number of columns involved (>0)

 

colnames

an array of column names from the table for which the foreign key is for.

[array length=nb_cols]

ref_colnames

an array of column names from the referenced table.

[array length=nb_cols]

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if no error occurred

Since: 4.2.4


gda_meta_store_undeclare_foreign_key ()

gboolean
gda_meta_store_undeclare_foreign_key (GdaMetaStore *store,
                                      GdaMetaStruct *mstruct,
                                      const gchar *fk_name,
                                      const gchar *catalog,
                                      const gchar *schema,
                                      const gchar *table,
                                      const gchar *ref_catalog,
                                      const gchar *ref_schema,
                                      const gchar *ref_table,
                                      GError **error);

Removes a declared foreign key from store .

This method begins a transaction if possible (ie. none is already started), and if it can't, then if there is an error, the job may be partially done.

A check is always performed to make sure all the database objects actually exist and returns an error if not. The check is performed using mstruct if it's not NULL (in this case only the tables already represented in mstruct will be considered, in other words: mstruct will not be modified), and using an internal GdaMetaStruct is NULL.

See gda_meta_store_declare_foreign_key() for more information anout the catalog , schema , name , ref_catalog , ref_schema and ref_name arguments.

Parameters

store

a GdaMetaStore

 

mstruct

a GdaMetaStruct, or NULL.

[nullable]

fk_name

the name of the foreign key to declare

 

catalog

the catalog in which the table (for which the foreign key is for) is, or NULL.

[nullable]

schema

the schema in which the table (for which the foreign key is for) is, or NULL.

[nullable]

table

the name of the table (for which the foreign key is for)

 

ref_catalog

the catalog in which the referenced table is, or NULL.

[nullable]

ref_schema

the schema in which the referenced table is, or NULL.

[nullable]

ref_table

the name of the referenced table

 

error

a place to store errors, or NULL.

[nullable]

Returns

TRUE if no error occurred

Since: 4.2.4


gda_meta_context_get_type ()

GType
gda_meta_context_get_type (void);

gda_meta_context_new ()

GdaMetaContext *
gda_meta_context_new (void);

Creates a new GdaMetaContext struct with a GHashTable to store column/value pairs.

Return: (transfer full): a new GdaMetaContext struct with a new created hash to store column name/value pairs.

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_copy ()

GdaMetaContext *
gda_meta_context_copy (GdaMetaContext *ctx);

Copy constructor.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext

 

Returns

a new GdaMetaContext

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_set_table ()

void
gda_meta_context_set_table (GdaMetaContext *ctx,
                            const gchar *table);

Set table's name to use in the context. The table is one of database schema used to store meta information about the database. Use "_tables" to update meta information about database's tables.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext struct to set table to

 

table

a string with the table's name to use in context

 

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_get_table ()

const gchar *
gda_meta_context_get_table (GdaMetaContext *ctx);

Get table's name to used in the context.

Return: (transfer none): A string with the table's name used in the context.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext struct to get table's name from

 

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_set_column ()

void
gda_meta_context_set_column (GdaMetaContext *ctx,
                             const gchar *column,
                             const GValue *value,
                             GdaConnection *cnc);

Sets a new column/value pair to the given context ctx . Column, must be a column in the given table's name setted by gda_meta_context_set_table() (a table in the database schema). If the given column already exists it's value is overwrited.

Column's name and value is copied and destroyed when gda_meta_context_free is called.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext struct to add column/value pais to

 

column

the column's name.

[transfer none]

value

the column's value.

[transfer none]

cnc

a GdaConnection to be used when identifier are normalized, or NULL.

[nullable]

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_set_columns ()

void
gda_meta_context_set_columns (GdaMetaContext *ctx,
                              GHashTable *columns,
                              GdaConnection *cnc);

Set columns to use in the context. The GHashTable use column's name as key and a GValue as value, to represent its value.

columns incements its reference counting. Is recommended to use gda_meta_context_free in order to free them.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext struct to set colums to

 

columns

a GHashTable with the table's columns' name and their values to use in context.

[element-type utf8 GObject.Value]

cnc

a GdaConnection to used to normalize identifiers quoting, or NULL.

[nullable]

Since: 5.2


gda_meta_context_free ()

void
gda_meta_context_free (GdaMetaContext *ctx);

Frees any resources taken by ctx struct. If ctx is NULL, then nothing happens.

Parameters

ctx

a GdaMetaContext struct to free.

[nullable]

Since: 5.2

Types and Values

GdaMetaStore

typedef struct _GdaMetaStore GdaMetaStore;

enum GdaMetaStoreError

Members

GDA_META_STORE_INCORRECT_SCHEMA_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_UNSUPPORTED_PROVIDER_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_INTERNAL_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_META_CONTEXT_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_MODIFY_CONTENTS_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_EXTRACT_SQL_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_ATTRIBUTE_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_SCHEMA_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_SCHEMA_OBJECT_CONFLICT_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_SCHEMA_OBJECT_DESCR_ERROR

   

GDA_META_STORE_TRANSACTION_ALREADY_STARTED_ERROR

   

GdaMetaStoreChange

typedef struct {
	/* change general information */
	GdaMetaStoreChangeType  c_type;
	gchar                  *table_name;
	GHashTable             *keys; /* key = ('+' or '-') and a column position in @table (string) starting at 0,

	                               * value = a GValue pointer */
} GdaMetaStoreChange;

Members

GdaMetaStoreChangeType c_type;

   

gchar *table_name;

   

GHashTable *keys;

.

[element-type utf8 GObject.Value]

enum GdaMetaStoreChangeType

Members

GDA_META_STORE_ADD

   

GDA_META_STORE_REMOVE

   

GDA_META_STORE_MODIFY

   

GdaMetaContext

typedef struct {
	gchar                  *table_name;
	gint                    size;
	gchar                 **column_names;
	GValue                **column_values;
	GHashTable             *columns;/* Added since 5.2 */
} GdaMetaContext;

The GdaMetaContext represents a meta data modification context: the how when used with gda_meta_store_modify_with_context(), and the what when used with gda_connection_update_meta_store().

To create a new GdaMetaContext use gda_meta_context_new.

To add a new column/value pair use gda_meta_context_add_column.

To free a GdaMetaContext, created by gda_meta_context_new, use gda_attributes_manager_free.

Since 5.2, you must consider this struct as opaque. Any access to its internal must use public API. Don't try to use gda_meta_context_free on a struct that was created manually.

Members

gchar *table_name;

the name of the table in the GdaMetaStore's internal database

 

gint size;

the size of the column_names and column_values arrays

 

gchar **column_names;

an array of column names (columns of the table_name table).

[array length=size][transfer container]

GValue **column_values;

an array of values, one for each column named in column_names .

[array length=size][transfer container]

GHashTable *columns;

A GHashTable storing columns' name as key and GValue as column's value.

[element-type utf8 GObject.Value]

Property Details

The “catalog” property

  “catalog”                  char *

Catalog in which the database objects will be created.

Owner: GdaMetaStore

Flags: Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL


The “cnc” property

  “cnc”                      GdaConnection *

Connection object internally used.

Owner: GdaMetaStore

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only


The “cnc-string” property

  “cnc-string”               char *

Connection string for the internal connection to use.

Owner: GdaMetaStore

Flags: Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL


The “schema” property

  “schema”                   char *

Schema in which the database objects will be created.

Owner: GdaMetaStore

Flags: Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Signal Details

The “meta-changed” signal

void
user_function (GdaMetaStore *store,
               gpointer      changes,
               gpointer      user_data)

This signal is emitted when the store 's contents have changed (the changes are in the changes list)

Parameters

store

the GdaMetaStore instance that emitted the signal

 

changes

a list of changes made, as a GSList of pointers to GdaMetaStoreChange (which must not be modified).

[type GLib.SList][element-type Gda.MetaStoreChange]

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First


The “meta-reset” signal

void
user_function (GdaMetaStore *store,
               gpointer      user_data)

This signal is emitted when the store 's contents have been reset completely and when no detailed changes are available

Parameters

store

the GdaMetaStore instance that emitted the signal

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First


The “suggest-update” signal

GError*
user_function (GdaMetaStore *store,
               gpointer      suggest,
               gpointer      user_data)

This signal is emitted when the contents of a table should be updated (data to update or insert only; deleting data is done automatically). This signal is used for internal purposes by the GdaConnection object.

Parameters

store

the GdaMetaStore instance that emitted the signal

 

suggest

the suggested update, as a GdaMetaContext structure.

[type Gda.MetaContext]

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

a new GError error structure if there was an error when processing the signal, or NULL if signal propagation should continue

Flags: Run Last

See Also

GdaMetaStruct