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• type Iteratee
• type Iterator

Types

type Iteratee

type Iteratee interface {
	// NewIterator creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over the entire keyspace
	// contained within the key-value database.
	NewIterator() Iterator

	// NewIteratorWithPrefix creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset
	// of database content with a particular key prefix.
	NewIteratorWithPrefix(prefix []byte) Iterator
}

Iteratee wraps the NewIterator methods of a backing data store.

type Iterator

type Iterator interface {
	// Next moves the iterator to the next key/value pair. It returns whether the
	// iterator is exhausted.
	Next() bool

	// Error returns any accumulated error. Exhausting all the key/value pairs
	// is not considered to be an error.
	Error() error

	// Key returns the key of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The caller
	// should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents may
	// change on the next call to Next.
	Key() []byte

	// Value returns the value of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The
	// caller should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents
	// may change on the next call to Next.
	Value() []byte

	// Release releases associated resources. Release should always succeed and can
	// be called multiple times without causing error.
	Release()
}

Iterator iterates over a database's key/value pairs in ascending key order.

When it encounters an error any seek will return false and will yield no key/ value pairs. The error can be queried by calling the Error method. Calling Release is still necessary.

An iterator must be released after use, but it is not necessary to read an iterator until exhaustion. An iterator is not safe for concurrent use, but it is safe to use multiple iterators concurrently.