CLASS ndi.database

  A (primarily abstract) database class for NDI that stores and manages virtual documents (NoSQL database)

Superclasses

none

Properties

Property	Description
path	The file system or remote path to the database
session_unique_reference	The reference string for the database

Methods

Method	Description
add	add an ndi.document to the database at a given path
alldocids	return all document unique reference numbers for the database
clear	remove/delete all records from an ndi.database
closebinarydoc	close and unlock an ndi.database.binarydoc
database	create a new ndi.database
newdocument	obtain a new/blank ndi.document object that can be used with a ndi.database
openbinarydoc	open and lock an ndi.database.binarydoc that corresponds to a document id
read	read an ndi.document from an ndi.database at a given db path
remove	remove a document from an ndi.database
search	search for an ndi.document from an ndi.database

Methods help

add - add an ndi.document to the database at a given path

NDI_DATABASE_OBJ = ADD(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT_OBJ, DBPATH, ...)

  Adds the document NDI_DOCUMENT_OBJ to the database NDI_DATABASE_OBJ.

  This function also accepts name/value pairs that modify its behavior:
  Parameter (default)      | Description
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  'Update'  (1)            | If document exists, update it. If 0, an error is 
                           |   generated if a document with the same ID exists

  See also: vlt.data.namevaluepair

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alldocids - return all document unique reference numbers for the database

DOCIDS = ALLDOCIDS(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ)

  Return all document unique reference strings as a cell array of strings. If there
  are no documents, empty is returned.

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clear - remove/delete all records from an ndi.database

CLEAR(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, [AREYOUSURE])

  Removes all documents from the vlt.file.dumbjsondb object.

  Use with care. If AREYOUSURE is 'yes' then the
  function will proceed. Otherwise, it will not.

  See also: ndi.database/REMOVE

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closebinarydoc - close and unlock an ndi.database.binarydoc

[NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ] = CLOSEBINARYDOC(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ)

  Close and lock an NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ. The NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ must be unlocked in the
  database, which is why it is necessary to call this function through the database.

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database - create a new ndi.database

NDI_DATABASE_OBJ = ndi.database(PATH, REFERENCE)

  Creates a new ndi.database object with data path PATH
  and reference REFERENCE.

    Documentation for ndi.database/database
       doc ndi.database

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newdocument - obtain a new/blank ndi.document object that can be used with a ndi.database

NDI_DOCUMENT_OBJ = NEWDOCUMENT(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ [, DOCUMENT_TYPE])

  Creates a new/blank ndi.document document object that can be used with this
  ndi.database.

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openbinarydoc - open and lock an ndi.database.binarydoc that corresponds to a document id

[NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ, VERSION] = OPENBINARYDOC(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT_OR_ID, [VERSION])

  Return the open ndi.database.binarydoc object and VERSION that corresponds to an ndi.document and
  the requested version (the latest version is used if the argument is omitted).
  NDI_DOCUMENT_OR_ID can be either the document id of an ndi.document or an ndi.document object itsef.

  Note that this NDI_BINARYDOC_OBJ must be closed and unlocked with ndi.database/CLOSEBINARYDOC.
  The locked nature of the binary doc is a property of the database, not the document, which is why
  the database is needed.

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read - read an ndi.document from an ndi.database at a given db path

NDI_DOCUMENT_OBJ = READ(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT_ID, [VERSION]) 

  Read the ndi.document object with the document ID specified by NDI_DOCUMENT_ID. If VERSION
  is provided (an integer) then only the version that is equal to VERSION is returned.
  Otherwise, the latest version is returned.

  If there is no ndi.document object with that ID, then empty is returned ([]).

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remove - remove a document from an ndi.database

NDI_DATABASE_OBJ = REMOVE(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT_ID) 
      or
  NDI_DATABASE_OBJ = REMOVE(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT_ID, VERSIONS)
      or 
  NDI_DATABASE_OBJ = REMOVE(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, NDI_DOCUMENT) 

  Removes the ndi.document object with the 'document unique reference' equal
  to NDI_DOCUMENT_OBJ_ID.  If VERSIONS is specified, then only the versions that match
  the entries in VERSIONS are removed.

  If an ndi.document is passed, then the NDI_DOCUMENT_ID is extracted using
  ndi.document/DOC_UNIQUE_ID. If a cell array of ndi.document is passed instead, then
  all of the documents are removed.

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search - search for an ndi.document from an ndi.database

[DOCUMENT_OBJS,VERSIONS] = SEARCH(NDI_DATABASE_OBJ, {'PARAM1', VALUE1, 'PARAM2', VALUE2, ... })

  Searches metadata parameters PARAM1, PARAM2, etc of NDS_DOCUMENT entries within an NDI_DATABASE_OBJ.
  If VALUEN is a string, then a regular expression is evaluated to determine the match. If VALUEN is not
  a string, then the items must match exactly.
  If PARAMN1 begins with a dash, then VALUEN indicates the value of one of these special parameters:

  This function returns a cell array of ndi.document objects. If no documents match the
  query, then an empty cell array ({}) is returned. An array VERSIONS contains the document version of
  of each ndi.document.

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