libpqxx  4.0.1
pqxx::pipeline Class Reference

Processes several queries in FIFO manner, optimized for high throughput. More...

#include <pipeline.hxx>

Inheritance diagram for pqxx::pipeline:
pqxx::internal::transactionfocus pqxx::internal::namedclass

Classes

struct  getquery
class  Query

Public Types

typedef long query_id

Public Member Functions

 pipeline (transaction_base &, const std::string &Name=std::string())
 ~pipeline () throw ()
query_id insert (const std::string &)
 Add query to the pipeline.
void complete ()
 Wait for all ongoing or pending operations to complete.
void flush ()
 Forget all ongoing or pending operations and retrieved results.
void cancel ()
 Cancel ongoing query, if any.
bool is_finished (query_id) const
 Is result for given query available?
result retrieve (query_id qid)
 Retrieve result for given query.
std::pair< query_id, resultretrieve ()
 Retrieve oldest unretrieved result (possibly wait for one)
bool empty () const throw ()
int retain (int retain_max=2)
 Set maximum number of queries to retain before issuing them to the backend.
void resume ()
 Resume retained query emission (harmless when not needed)
- Public Member Functions inherited from pqxx::internal::transactionfocus
 transactionfocus (transaction_base &t)
- Public Member Functions inherited from pqxx::internal::namedclass
 namedclass (const std::string &Classname, const std::string &Name="")
const std::string & name () const throw ()
const std::string & classname () const throw ()
std::string description () const

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from pqxx::internal::transactionfocus
void register_me ()
void unregister_me () throw ()
void reg_pending_error (const std::string &) throw ()
bool registered () const throw ()
- Protected Attributes inherited from pqxx::internal::transactionfocus
transaction_basem_Trans

Detailed Description

Processes several queries in FIFO manner, optimized for high throughput.

Use a pipeline if you want to execute queries without always sitting still while they execute. Result retrieval is decoupled from execution request; queries "go in at the front" and results "come out the back." Actually results may be retrieved in any order, if you want.

Feel free to pump as many queries into the pipeline as possible, even if they were generated after looking at a result from the same pipeline. To get the best possible throughput, try to make insertion of queries run as far ahead of results retrieval as possible; issue each query as early as possible and retrieve their results as late as possible, so the pipeline has as many ongoing queries as possible at any given time. In other words, keep it busy!

One warning: if any of the queries you insert leads to a syntactic error, the error may be returned as if it were generated by an older query. Future versions may try to work around this if working in a nontransaction.

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

pqxx::pipeline::pipeline ( transaction_base t,
const std::string &  Name = std::string() 
)
explicit
pqxx::pipeline::~pipeline ( ) throw ()

Member Function Documentation

void pqxx::pipeline::cancel ( )

Cancel ongoing query, if any.

May cancel any or all of the queries that have been inserted at this point whose results have not yet been retrieved. If the pipeline lives in a backend transaction, that transaction may be left in a nonfunctional state in which it can only be aborted.

Therefore, either use this function in a nontransaction, or abort the transaction after calling it.

void pqxx::pipeline::complete ( )

Wait for all ongoing or pending operations to complete.

Detaches from the transaction when done.

bool pqxx::pipeline::empty ( ) const throw ()
void pqxx::pipeline::flush ( )

Forget all ongoing or pending operations and retrieved results.

Queries already sent to the backend may still be completed, depending on implementation and timing.

Any error state (unless caused by an internal error) will also be cleared. This is mostly useful in a nontransaction, since a backend transaction is aborted automatically when an error occurs.

Detaches from the transaction when done.

pipeline::query_id pqxx::pipeline::insert ( const std::string &  q)

Add query to the pipeline.

Queries are accumulated in the pipeline and sent to the backend in a concatenated format, separated by semicolons. The queries you insert must not use this construct themselves, or the pipeline will get hopelessly confused!

Returns
Identifier for this query, unique only within this pipeline
bool pqxx::pipeline::is_finished ( pipeline::query_id  q) const

Is result for given query available?

References pqxx::to_string().

void pqxx::pipeline::resume ( )

Resume retained query emission (harmless when not needed)

int pqxx::pipeline::retain ( int  retain_max = 2)

Set maximum number of queries to retain before issuing them to the backend.

The pipeline will perform better if multiple queries are issued at once, but retaining queries until the results are needed (as opposed to issuing them to the backend immediately) may negate any performance benefits the pipeline can offer.

Recommended practice is to set this value no higher than the number of queries you intend to insert at a time.

Parameters
retain_maxA nonnegative "retention capacity;" passing zero will cause queries to be issued immediately
Returns
Old retention capacity

References pqxx::to_string().

result pqxx::pipeline::retrieve ( query_id  qid)

Retrieve result for given query.

If the query failed for whatever reason, this will throw an exception. The function will block if the query has not finished yet.

Warning
If results are retrieved out-of-order, i.e. in a different order than the one in which their queries were inserted, errors may "propagate" to subsequent queries.

References retrieve().

Referenced by retrieve().

pair< pipeline::query_id, result > pqxx::pipeline::retrieve ( )

Retrieve oldest unretrieved result (possibly wait for one)

Returns
The query's identifier and its result set

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: