gecko/database/iterator.go

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// (c) 2019-2020, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
// For ease of implementation, our database's interface matches Ethereum's
// database implementation. This was to allow use to use Geth code as is for the
// EVM chain.
package database
// 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 the entire keyspace
// contained within the key-value database.
NewIterator() Iterator
// NewIteratorWithStart creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset of
// database content starting at a particular initial key (or after, if it does
// not exist).
NewIteratorWithStart(start []byte) Iterator
// NewIteratorWithPrefix creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset
// of database content with a particular key prefix.
NewIteratorWithPrefix(prefix []byte) Iterator
// NewIteratorWithStartAndPrefix creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a
// subset of database content with a particular key prefix starting at a
// specified key.
NewIteratorWithStartAndPrefix(start, prefix []byte) Iterator
}