.. _dpiSodaCollCursorFunctions:
ODPI-C SODA Collection Cursor Functions
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SODA collection cursor handles are used to represent SODA collection cursors.
They are created by calling the function :func:`dpiSodaDb_getCollections()`
and are destroyed when the last reference is released by calling the function
:func:`dpiSodaCollCursor_release()`.
See `this tracking issue <https://github.com/oracle/odpi/issues/110>`__ for
known issues with SODA.
.. function:: int dpiSodaCollCursor_addRef(dpiSodaCollCursor \*cursor)
Adds a reference to the SODA collection cursor. This is intended for
situations where a reference to the cursor needs to be maintained
independently of the reference returned when the cursor was created.
The function returns DPI_SUCCESS for success and DPI_FAILURE for failure.
**cursor** [IN] -- the cursor to which a reference is to be added. If the
reference is NULL or invalid an error is returned.
.. function:: int dpiSodaCollCursor_close(dpiSodaCollCursor \*cursor)
Closes the cursor and makes it unusable for further work immediately,
rather than when the reference count reaches zero.
The function returns DPI_SUCCESS for success and DPI_FAILURE for failure.
**cursor** [IN] -- a reference to the cursor which is to be closed. If the
reference is NULL or invalid an error is returned.
.. function:: int dpiSodaCollCursor_getNext(dpiSodaCollCursor \*cursor, \
uint32_t flags, dpiSodaColl \**coll)
Gets the next collection from the cursor, if there is one.
The function returns DPI_SUCCESS for success and DPI_FAILURE for failure.
**cursor** [IN] -- the cursor from which the next collection is to be
retrieved. The the reference is NULL or invalid an error is returned.
**flags** [IN] -- one or more of the values from the enumeration
:ref:`dpiSodaFlags<dpiSodaFlags>`, OR'ed together. Only the value
DPI_SODA_FLAGS_DEFAULT is currently supported.
**coll** [OUT] -- a pointer to a reference to the next collection in the
cursor, if one exists. If no further collections are available from the
cursor, NULL is returned instead. The function
:func:`dpiSodaColl_release()` should be called when the collection is no
longer required.
.. function:: int dpiSodaCollCursor_release(dpiSodaCollCursor \*cursor)
Releases a reference to the SODA collection cursor. A count of the
references to the cursor is maintained and when this count reaches zero,
the memory associated with the cursor is freed.
The function returns DPI_SUCCESS for success and DPI_FAILURE for failure.
**cursor** [IN] -- the cursor from which a reference is to be released.
If the reference is NULL or invalid an error is returned.