NAME¶

mtbl_iter - iterate over a sequence of key-value pairs

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <mtbl.h>

mtbl_res
mtbl_iter_next(struct mtbl_iter *it,


        const uint8_t **key, size_t *len_key,


        const uint8_t **val, size_t *len_val);

void
mtbl_iter_destroy(struct mtbl_iter **it);

mtbl_res
mtbl_iter_seek(struct mtbl_iter *it,


        const uint8_t *key, size_t len_key);

DESCRIPTION¶

The mtbl_iter interface is used to return a sequence of one or more key-value pairs. Once the caller obtains an mtbl_iter object, mtbl_iter_next() should be repeatedly called on it until there are no more key-value entries to retrieve, at which point the iterator object must be freed by calling mtbl_iter_destroy(). mtbl_iter_seek() can be called on the iterator to seek to a different location in the index without having to destroy the iterator and create a new one.

RETURN VALUE¶

mtbl_iter_next() returns mtbl_res_success if a key-value entry was successfully retrieved, in which case key and val will point to buffers of length len_key and len_val respectively. The value mtbl_res_failure is returned if there are no more entries to read, or if the it argument is NULL.

SEE ALSO¶

mtbl_source(3)