1 /* PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
2 Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 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
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10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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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. If successful, returns
47 the case and advances READER, so that the next call to
48 this function will read the following case. The case just
49 read will never be read again by a call to this function
52 If a case is successfully returned, the client is
53 responsible for calling case_unref upon it when it is no
56 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns a null
57 pointer. After null is returned once, this function will
58 not be called again for the given READER.
60 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
61 casereader_force_error on READER. */
62 struct ccase *(*read) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
68 If an I/O error is detected during destruction, this
69 function should call casereader_force_error on READER. */
70 void (*destroy) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
72 /* Optional: if convenient and efficiently implementable,
73 supply this function as an optimization for use by
74 casereader_clone. (But it might be easier to use the
75 random-access casereader wrapper instead.)
77 Creates and returns a clone of READER. The clone must
78 read the same case data in the same sequence as READER,
79 starting from the same position. The only allowable
80 exception to this rule is that I/O errors may force the
81 clone or the original casereader to stop reading after
82 differing numbers of cases.
84 The clone should have a clone of READER's taint object,
85 accomplished by passing casereader_get_taint (READER) to
87 struct casereader *(*clone) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
89 /* Optional: if convenient and efficiently implementable,
90 supply as an optimization for use by casereader_peek.
91 (But it might be easier to use the random-access
92 casereader wrapper instead.)
94 Reads and returns the case at 0-based offset IDX from the
95 beginning of READER. If a case is successfully returned,
96 the client is responsible for calling case_unref upon it
97 when it is no longer needed.
99 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns a null
100 pointer. If this function returns null, then it will
101 never be called again for an equal or greater value of
102 IDX, and the "read" member function will never be called
103 to advance as far as IDX cases further into the
104 casereader. That is, returning null indicates that the
105 casereader has fewer than IDX cases left.
107 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
108 casereader_force_error on READER. */
109 struct ccase *(*peek) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux,
114 casereader_create_sequential (const struct taint *,
115 const struct caseproto *, casenumber case_cnt,
116 const struct casereader_class *, void *);
118 void *casereader_dynamic_cast (struct casereader *, const struct casereader_class *);
120 /* Casereader class for random-access data sources. */
121 struct casereader_random_class
125 Reads the case at 0-based offset IDX from the beginning of
126 READER. If a case is successfully returned, the client is
127 responsible for calling case_unref upon it when it is no
130 At end of file or upon an I/O error, returns a null
131 pointer. If this function returns null, then it will
132 never be called again for an equal or greater value of
133 IDX, and the "read" member function will never be called
134 to advance as far as IDX cases further into the
135 casereader. That is, returning null indicates that the
136 casereader has fewer than IDX cases.
138 If an I/O error occurs, this function should call
139 casereader_force_error on READER. */
140 struct ccase *(*read) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux,
147 If an I/O error is detected during destruction, this
148 function should call casereader_force_error on READER. */
149 void (*destroy) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux);
153 A call to this function tells the callee that the CNT
154 cases at the beginning of READER will never be read again.
155 The casereader implementation should free any resources
156 associated with those cases. After this function returns,
157 the IDX argument in future calls to the "read" function
158 will be relative to remaining cases. */
159 void (*advance) (struct casereader *reader, void *aux, casenumber cnt);
163 casereader_create_random (const struct caseproto *, casenumber case_cnt,
164 const struct casereader_random_class *, void *aux);
166 #endif /* data/casereader-provider.h */