[Opensim-dev] Thoughts on adding a generic key-value storage system to OpenSim?

[Dahlia Trimble]

Could this be structured in a way that makes it easily available to all
modules?

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Melanie <melanie at t-data.com> wrote:

> This would go to
>
> OpenSim.Data.XXX.XXXGenericStore.cs
>
> It would implement an IGenericData inteface in namespace OpenSim.Data
>
> Melanie
>
> Hurliman, John wrote:
> > A lot of the work going into OpenSim recently has been modularizing the
> codebase and making it easy for third party developers to write plugins. One
> feature that I think would really complete the picture would be a (simple)
> generic data storage interface that leveraged the existing OpenSim storage
> framework. Most plugins I've seen (and wrote) currently tack on their own
> database tables, use a simple text file with a custom format, or use some
> other means of data storage that does not match up with the rest of OpenSim.
> Adding a new database table that had three columns: [context, key, value]
> would allow plugins to store key/value mappings (string to string) without
> worrying about data collisions between plugins or having to implement a
> custom data store every time.
> >
> > // returns true if the key was found and data was updated, otherwise
> false if a new key row was added
> > bool AddOrUpdateKeyValue(string context, string key, string value);
> > // returns true if the key was found and deleted
> > bool DeleteKeyValue(string context, string key);
> > // returns the string value if the key was found, otherwise null
> > string GetValue(string context, string key);
> >
> > Although I've been writing extensions for the OpenSim codebase for quite
> a while, I'm still fairly new to the guts of the system. Does this seem like
> the correct solution? If so, where would this interface go? I'm happy to
> write the code to implement this, I just want feedback from the dev
> community first to see if I'm on track.
> >
> > John
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