.. _dpiSodaDocCursorFunctions:
ODPI-C SODA Document Cursor Functions
-------------------------------------
SODA document cursor handles are used to represent SODA document cursors.
They are created by calling the function :func:`dpiSodaColl_find()`
and are destroyed when the last reference is released by calling the function
:func:`dpiSodaDocCursor_release()`.
See `this tracking issue <https://github.com/oracle/odpi/issues/110>`__ for
known issues with SODA.
.. function:: int dpiSodaDocCursor_addRef(dpiSodaDocCursor \*cursor)
Adds a reference to the SODA document 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 dpiSodaDocCursor_close(dpiSodaDocCursor \*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 dpiSodaDocCursor_getNext(dpiSodaDocCursor \*cursor, \
uint32_t flags, dpiSodaDoc \**doc)
Gets the next document 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 document 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.
**doc** [OUT] -- a pointer to a reference to the next document in the
cursor, if one exists. If no further documents are available from the
cursor, NULL is returned instead. The function :func:`dpiSodaDoc_release()`
should be called when the document is no longer required.
.. function:: int dpiSodaDocCursor_release(dpiSodaDocCursor \*cursor)
Releases a reference to the SODA document 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.