1 /* PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
2 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Definitions needed to implement a new type of casereader.
18 Code that only uses casereaders does not need this header.
20 Two functions to create casereaders are supplied:
22 - casereader_create_sequential, to create a casereader
23 for a data source that is naturally sequential. The
24 casereader layer will automatically, as needed,
25 simulate the ability to access cases randomly.
27 - casereader_create_random, to create a casereader for a
28 data source that supports random access to cases. (This
29 function is in fact implemented as a set of wrappers
30 around casereader_create_sequential.)
32 Which function is used has no effect on the set of operations
33 that may be performed on the resulting casereader, only on how
34 the casereader is implemented internally. */
36 #ifndef DATA_CASEREADER_PROVIDER_H
37 #define DATA_CASEREADER_PROVIDER_H 1
39 #include <data/casereader.h>
41 /* Casereader class for sequential data sources. */
42 struct casereader_class
46 Reads the next case from READER into case C, which the
47 casereader must create and which the client is responsible
48 for destroying. If successful, returns true and advances
49 READER to the next case, so that the next call to this
50 function will read the next case. The case just read will
51 never be read again by a call to this function for READER.
53 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns false. After
54 false is returned once, this function will not be called
55 again for the given READER.
57 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
58 casereader_force_error on READER. */
59 bool (*read) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux, struct ccase *c);
65 If an I/O error is detected during destruction, this
66 function should call casereader_force_error on READER. */
67 void (*destroy) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
69 /* Optional: if convenient and efficiently implementable,
70 supply this function as an optimization for use by
71 casereader_clone. (But it might be easier to use the
72 random-access casereader wrapper instead.)
74 Creates and returns a clone of READER. The clone must
75 read the same case data in the same sequence as READER,
76 starting from the same position. The only allowable
77 exception to this rule is that I/O errors may force the
78 clone or the original casereader to stop reading after
79 differing numbers of cases.
81 The clone should have a clone of READER's taint object,
82 accomplished by passing casereader_get_taint (READER) to
84 struct casereader *(*clone) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
86 /* Optional: if convenient and efficiently implementable,
87 supply as an optimization for use by casereader_peek.
88 (But it might be easier to use the random-access
89 casereader wrapper instead.)
91 Reads the case at 0-based offset IDX from the beginning of
92 READER into case C, which the casereader must create and
93 which the client is responsible for destroying.
95 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns false. If
96 this function returns false, then it will never be called
97 again for an equal or greater value of IDX, and the "read"
98 member function will never be called to advance as far as
99 IDX cases further into the casereader. That is, returning
100 false indicates that the casereader has fewer than IDX
103 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
104 casereader_force_error on READER. */
105 bool (*peek) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux, casenumber idx,
110 casereader_create_sequential (const struct taint *,
111 size_t value_cnt, casenumber case_cnt,
112 const struct casereader_class *, void *);
114 /* Casereader class for random-access data sources. */
115 struct casereader_random_class
119 Reads the case at 0-based offset IDX from the beginning of
120 READER into case C, which the casereader must create and
121 which the client is responsible for destroying.
123 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns false. If
124 this function returns false, then it will never be called
125 again for an equal or greater value of IDX, and the "read"
126 member function will never be called to advance as far as
127 IDX cases further into the casereader. That is, returning
128 false indicates that the casereader has fewer than IDX
131 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
132 casereader_force_error on READER. */
133 bool (*read) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux, casenumber idx,
140 If an I/O error is detected during destruction, this
141 function should call casereader_force_error on READER. */
142 void (*destroy) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
146 A call to this function tells the callee that the CNT
147 cases at the beginning of READER will never be read again.
148 The casereader implementation should free any resources
149 associated with those cases. After this function returns,
150 the IDX argument in future calls to the "read" function
151 will be relative to remaining cases. */
152 void (*advance) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux, casenumber cnt);
156 casereader_create_random (size_t value_cnt, casenumber case_cnt,
157 const struct casereader_random_class *, void *aux);
159 #endif /* data/casereader-provider.h */