[−][src]Module assembly_data::fdb

The database (`*.fdb`) file format used for the core database (`CDClient`)

Among the resource files distributed with the LEGO® Universe game client is a copy of the core database. This database includes information on all zones, objects, components, behaviors, items, loot, currency, missions, scripts, …

This (unpacked) name of this file is /res/CDClient.fdb. The file uses a custom database format which is essentially a sorted list of hash maps.

Terminology

Database: The whole file, a collection of tables
Table: A collection of rows, implemented as an array of buckets
Column: A name and default type for the fields in every row
Bucket: A linked-list of rows for one value of the primary-key hash
Row: A list of fields, corresponding to the columns of the table definition
Field: A value with a type marker

File format

The file format is constructed from a bunch of structs made out of 32-bit words that may reference other structs by offset from the start of the file. These structs form a tree without circular references.

These basic structs are implemented in the file module.

Using this library

You can use the mem module to load a database from an in-memory buffer:

use assembly_data::fdb::mem::Database;

let file: &[u8] = &[0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0];
let db = Database::new(file);
let tables = db.tables().unwrap();

assert_eq!(0, tables.len());

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