ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection Class Reference

abstract base class for connections More...

Inheritance diagram for ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection:

Public Member Methods
deprecated	constructor (string n_name, string n_desc, string n_url, bool n_monitor, *hash n_opts, hash n_urlh, *string n_safe_url, *bool n_enabled)
	creates the AbstractConnection object More...
	constructor (string name, string description, string url, hash attributes={}, hash options={})
	creates the AbstractConnection object More...
object	get (bool connect=True, *hash rtopts)
	returns the underlying connection object More...
hash< ConfigInfo >	getConfigHash ()
	returns a ConfigInfo hash of static configuration information about the connection More...
hash< ConnectionConstructorInfo >	getConstructorInfo ()
	returns a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically More...
*hash	getDefaultOptions ()
	returns default options
hash< ConnectionInfo >	getInfo (bool with_password=False)
	returns a ConnectionInfo hash of information about the connection More...
*hash	getOptions ()
	returns static / initialization options
*hash	getRealOptions ()
	returns options for saving the connection's configuration information
*hash	getRuntimeOptions ()
	returns runtime options
abstract string	getType ()
	returns the string type name for the connection object
	parseTextOptions ()
	this method is called when parsing connection file definitions from text files when loading into the database More...
hash< PingInfo >	ping (bool throw_exception=False)
	returns a hash with the results of the ping operation More...
hash	validateOptions (hash options)
	performs options validation in the constructor More...

Public Attributes
string	desc
	connection description
bool	enabled = True
	enabled/disabled indicator flag
date	last_check
	date/time of last check/ping
bool	locked = False
	locked/unlocked flag
bool	loopback = False
	set to True for loopback connections
bool	monitor
	monitoring flag
string	name
	connection name
*hash	opts
	connection options
*hash	orig_opts
	original connection options
string	safe_url
	"safe" URL (password information removed)
string	status = "not checked"
	status string; in case of a connection error this string will be the error string
bool	up = False
	connection status flag; set by monitoring or explicit pings/connections
date	updated
	date/time of last update
string	url
	connection URL (potentially with password info)
hash	urlh
	broken down URL hash (as returned by Qore::parse_url())

Static Public Attributes
static *code	post_processing
	optional code for default post-processing of objects created by getImpl(); must take the object created and the connection name as arguments

Private Member Methods
abstract hash< ConnectionConstructorInfo >	getConstructorInfoImpl ()
	this method must return a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically More...
abstract object	getImpl (bool connect=True, *hash rtopts)
	this method must return the connection object corresponding to the object's configuration More...
string	getSafeUrl (hash urlh)
	creates a "safe" URL string with password information removed More...
hash	parseUrl (string url)
	Parse the URL to a hash. More...
hash< PingInfo >	pingIntern (hash< PingInfo > rv)
	performs the ping by executing get(); returns a PingInfo hash

Detailed Description

abstract base class for connections

this class can be specialized to provide for user-defined connection types

Member Function Documentation

constructor() [1/2]

deprecated ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::constructor	(	string	n_name,
		string	n_desc,
		string	n_url,
		bool	n_monitor,
		*hash	n_opts,
		hash	n_urlh,
		*string	n_safe_url,
		*bool	n_enabled
	)

creates the AbstractConnection object

Parameters

n_name	the name of the connection
n_desc	connection description
n_url	connection URL (potentially with password info)
n_monitor	monitoring flag
n_opts	connection options
n_urlh	broken down URL hash (as returned by Qore::parse_url())
n_safe_url	"safe" URL (password information removed); if not set this will be set automatically by calling getSafeUrl()
n_enabled	enabled/disabled flag

constructor() [2/2]

ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::constructor	(	string	name,
		string	description,
		string	url,
		hash	attributes = {},
		hash	options = {}
	)

creates the AbstractConnection object

Parameters

name	the name of the connection
description	connection description
url	connection URL (potentially with password info)
attributes	various attributes. See below
options	connection options

Attributes

Attributes are special flags for given connection - stored as public attributes of the object instance. For now there are:

• enabled, default True
• monitor, default True
• locked, default False

get()

object ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::get	(	bool	connect = True,
		*hash	rtopts
	)

returns the underlying connection object

calls getImpl() to actually acquire the connection object

getConfigHash()

hash<ConfigInfo> ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getConfigHash

(

)

returns a ConfigInfo hash of static configuration information about the connection

Returns

a ConfigInfo hash of static configuration information about the connection

getConstructorInfo()

hash<ConnectionConstructorInfo> ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getConstructorInfo

(

)

returns a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically

Returns

a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically

Since

ConnectionProvider 1.1

getConstructorInfoImpl()

abstract hash<ConnectionConstructorInfo> ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getConstructorInfoImpl ( )

privatepure virtual

this method must return a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically

Returns

a ConnectionConstructorInfo hash for creating the connection object dynamically

Since

ConnectionProvider 1.1

Implemented in ConnectionProvider::HttpConnection, ConnectionProvider::FilesystemConnection, ConnectionProvider::FtpConnection, and ConnectionProvider::InvalidConnection.

getImpl()

abstract object ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getImpl ( bool  connect = True, *hash  rtopts  )

privatepure virtual

this method must return the connection object corresponding to the object's configuration

Parameters

connect	if True then the connection should be returned connected (and if possible a round-trip "ping" of the server should be made)
rtopts	if the object acquisition requires any runtime options, then these are passed here

Returns

the connection object

Implemented in ConnectionProvider::HttpConnection, ConnectionProvider::FilesystemConnection, ConnectionProvider::FtpConnection, and ConnectionProvider::InvalidConnection.

getInfo()

hash<ConnectionInfo> ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getInfo

(

bool

with_password = False

)

returns a ConnectionInfo hash of information about the connection

Parameters

with_password

determines if the password is returned or not

Returns

a ConnectionInfo hash of information about the connection

getSafeUrl()

string ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::getSafeUrl ( hash  urlh )

private

creates a "safe" URL string with password information removed

Parameters

urlh	a parsed hash (as returned from parseUrl()

Returns

string with safe URL

This base/default implementation expects the urlh as returned by Qore::parse_url())

Public attribute safe_url is created from the url calling AbstractConnection::getSafeUrl(). Reimplement this method if your connection does not follow standard URL in form:

schema://user:pass@hostname:port/path

parseTextOptions()

ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::parseTextOptions

(

)

this method is called when parsing connection file definitions from text files when loading into the database

reimplement this method in subclasses to parse the option hash as set from a text file if needed (for special option formats, etc)

parseUrl()

hash ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::parseUrl ( string  url )

private

Parse the URL to a hash.

Parameters

url	a string with url

Returns

hash untyped, depends on the parsing method

The base implementation calls Qore::parse_url().

Reimplement parseUrl() if your connection uses different URL schema. Like eg. Qore::Datasource connection string.

ping()

hash<PingInfo> ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::ping

(

bool

throw_exception = False

)

returns a hash with the results of the ping operation

Parameters

throw_exception

throw an exception if a connection error occurs

Returns

a PingInfo hash

validateOptions()

hash ConnectionProvider::AbstractConnection::validateOptions

(

hash

options

)

performs options validation in the constructor

Parameters

options

a has with options from the constructor

Returns

hash validated option hash

This method can be overloaded in connections where are options created dynamically for example.