plugeth/ethdb/iterator.go

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// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
package ethdb
// Iterator iterates over a database's key/value pairs in ascending key order.
//
// When it encounters an error any seek will return false and will yield no key/
// value pairs. The error can be queried by calling the Error method. Calling
// Release is still necessary.
//
// An iterator must be released after use, but it is not necessary to read an
// iterator until exhaustion. An iterator is not safe for concurrent use, but it
// is safe to use multiple iterators concurrently.
type Iterator interface {
// Next moves the iterator to the next key/value pair. It returns whether the
// iterator is exhausted.
Next() bool
// Error returns any accumulated error. Exhausting all the key/value pairs
// is not considered to be an error.
Error() error
// Key returns the key of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The caller
// should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents may
// change on the next call to Next.
Key() []byte
// Value returns the value of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The
// caller should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents
// may change on the next call to Next.
Value() []byte
// Release releases associated resources. Release should always succeed and can
// be called multiple times without causing error.
Release()
}
// Iteratee wraps the NewIterator methods of a backing data store.
type Iteratee interface {
// NewIterator creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset
// of database content with a particular key prefix, starting at a particular
// initial key (or after, if it does not exist).
//
// Note: This method assumes that the prefix is NOT part of the start, so there's
// no need for the caller to prepend the prefix to the start
NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) Iterator
}