From 22cb56f4a1ad5d2c6d581bab5e528a0cf0d13b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:16:09 +0200
Subject: Add support for object sections

Sections are an optimization mechanism that allows the partitioning of
data members of a persistent class into groups that can be separately
loaded and/or updated.
---
 section/driver.cxx | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 133 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 section/driver.cxx

(limited to 'section/driver.cxx')

diff --git a/section/driver.cxx b/section/driver.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01454e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/section/driver.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// file      : section/driver.cxx
+// copyright : not copyrighted - public domain
+
+#include <memory>   // std::auto_ptr
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <odb/database.hxx>
+#include <odb/transaction.hxx>
+
+#include "database.hxx" // create_database
+
+#include "person.hxx"
+#include "person-odb.hxx"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace odb::core;
+
+int
+main (int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+  try
+  {
+    auto_ptr<database> db (create_database (argc, argv));
+
+    unsigned long id;
+
+    // Create a persistent person object.
+    //
+    {
+      person joe ("Joe", "Dirt");
+      joe.bio ("Joe Dirt is a very strange man indeed...");
+      joe.nicknames ().push_back ("JD");
+
+      // At this point the state of a section is undefined since the
+      // object is transient.
+
+      transaction t (db->begin ());
+      id = db->persist (joe);
+      t.commit ();
+
+      // Now, since the object is persistent, the state of the section
+      // is loaded and unchanged.
+    }
+
+    // Load the object and print what we've got. Then update the bio.
+    //
+    {
+      transaction t (db->begin ());
+      auto_ptr<person> p (db->load<person> (id));
+
+      // Now, while the object is loaded, the section is not. If (and
+      // when) we need to access the section data members, we have to
+      // load them explicitly.
+
+      cout << p->first () << " " << p->last () << endl;
+
+      db->load (*p, p->extras_section ());
+
+      // Now the section is loaded and unchanged.
+
+      cout << "  " << p->bio () << endl
+           << "  " << p->nicknames ().size () << " nickname(s)" << endl;
+
+      // Update the bio.
+      //
+      p->bio ("Joe Dirt is a very clean man indeed...");
+
+      // Now, the section is marked changed by the bio() modifier.
+      // Because of that, the following object update will also
+      // update the section.
+      //
+      db->update (*p);
+
+      t.commit ();
+    }
+
+    // Add a new nickname.
+    //
+    {
+      transaction t (db->begin ());
+
+      auto_ptr<person> p (db->load<person> (id));
+      db->load (*p, p->extras_section ());
+
+      // Add a new nickname. The nicknames container is now marked
+      // changed.
+      //
+      p->nicknames ().push_back ("Squeaky Clean");
+
+      // While the section hasn't been marked as changed, a change-
+      // tracking container that belongs to it has been. As a result,
+      // the following object update call will automatically mark the
+      // section as changed and update its state in the database.
+      //
+      db->update (*p);
+
+      t.commit ();
+    }
+
+    // We can also update just the section if we know the rest of
+    // the object hasn't changed.
+    //
+    {
+      transaction t (db->begin ());
+
+      auto_ptr<person> p (db->load<person> (id));
+      db->load (*p, p->extras_section ());
+
+      p->nicknames ().push_back ("Dirty Joe");
+      db->update (*p, p->extras_section ());
+
+      t.commit ();
+    }
+
+    // Load and print the updated object.
+    //
+    {
+      transaction t (db->begin ());
+      auto_ptr<person> p (db->load<person> (id));
+      db->load (*p, p->extras_section ());
+      t.commit ();
+
+      cout << p->first () << " " << p->last () << endl
+           << "  " << p->bio () << endl
+           << "  " << p->nicknames ().size () << " nickname(s)" << endl;
+    }
+  }
+  catch (const odb::exception& e)
+  {
+    cerr << e.what () << endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+}
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