Interface for database access objects. More...

Inheritance diagram for IDBAccessObject:

Public Attributes
const	READ_LATEST = 1
const	READ_LOCKING = 3
const	READ_NONE = -1
const	READ_NORMAL = 0

Detailed Description

Interface for database access objects.

Classes using this support a set of constants in a bitfield argument to their data loading functions. In general, objects should assume READ_NORMAL if no flags are explicitly given, though certain objects may assume READ_LATEST for common use case or legacy reasons.

There are three types of reads:

READ_NORMAL : Potentially cached read of data (e.g. from a slave or stale replica)
READ_LATEST : Up-to-date read as of transaction start (e.g. from master or a quorum read)
READ_LOCKING : Up-to-date read as of now, that locks the records for the transaction

Callers should use READ_NORMAL (or pass in no flags) unless the read determines a write. In theory, such cases may require READ_LOCKING, though to avoid contention, READ_LATEST is often good enough. If UPDATE race condition checks are required on a row and expensive code must run after the row is fetched to determine the UPDATE, it may help to do something like: