<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Metakit 2.0</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" alink="#008000" vlink="#800080" link="#0000FF" text="#000000"> <TABLE cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0 width="100%"><TR valign=top> <TD width=100><A href="http://www.equi4.com/"> <IMG src=e4w.gif alt="E q u i 4" align=left width=97 height=35 hspace=0 border=0></A> </TD><TD align=center> <FONT size=+2>Metakit 2.0</FONT><BR> <I>December 1999</I> </TD><TD width=100></TD></Tr></TABLE> <P> <DL> <DT><H3>About these pages</H3><DD> As you can see on the right, this Metakit documentation is presented using a frames-based "browser" interface, which should make it easy to navigate and find specific information (<A href=index.html target="_top">click here</A> if you don't see the index pane). <P> The <B><A href=classes.html>Class Index</A></B> describes the API of all the public classes in Metakit. The <B><A href=samples.html>Sample Index</A></B> describes each of the samples supplied as part of the evaluation package. The <B><A href=tips.html>Tips and Tricks</A></B> section goes into issues such as performance and gives more advanced background information. <DT><H3>Class hierarchy</H3><DD> The following list only mentions the public API classes (<B>core classes</B> in bold): <P> <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <TR> <TH align=left width=150> Base class: </TH><TH align=left width=200> Derived classes: </TH><TH align=left> Virtual: </TH> </TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Bytes.html">c4_Bytes</A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Cursor.html">c4_Cursor</A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_CustomViewer.html">c4_CustomViewer</A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>Abstract</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Property.html"><B>c4_Property</B></A> </TD><TD> <A href="c4_IntProp.html">c4_IntProp</A>, <A href="c4_StringProp.html">c4_StringProp</A>, ... </TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Reference.html">c4_Reference</A> </TD><TD> <A href="c4_IntRef.html">c4_IntRef</A>, <A href="c4_StringRef.html">c4_StringRef</A>, ... </TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_RowRef.html"><B>c4_RowRef</B></A> </TD><TD> <A href="c4_Row.html">c4_Row</A> </TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Sequence.html">c4_Sequence</A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>Yes</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Storage.html"><B>c4_Storage</B></A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_Strategy.html">c4_Strategy</A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>Yes</TD></TR> <TR><TD> <A href="c4_View.html"><B>c4_View</B></A> </TD><TD>-</TD><TD valign=top>No</TD></Tr> </TABLE> <P> The class documentation was generated using [<A href="http://friga.mer.utexas.edu/mark/perl/perceps/" target="_top">Perceps</A>], by Mark Peskin. <DT><H3>Glossary</H3><DD> <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <TR> <TH align=left width=100> Term: </TH><TH align=left width=250> Description: </TH><TH align=left> Similar to: </TH> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Attached </TD><TD valign=top> Managed by storage object </TD><TD valign=top> persistent, on file </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Cursor </TD><TD valign=top> Position in a view </TD><TD valign=top> pointer, recnum </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Property </TD><TD valign=top> One data-value in a row </TD><TD valign=top> field, item </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Row </TD><TD valign=top> Zero or more related data-values </TD><TD valign=top> tuple </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> RowRef </TD><TD valign=top> A row, or an entry in a view </TD><TD valign=top> record, array element </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Storage </TD><TD valign=top> Maintains a datafile </TD><TD valign=top> database </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> Streaming </TD><TD valign=top> Sequential I/O (no seeks) </TD><TD valign=top> flattening, serializing </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign=top> View </TD><TD valign=top> An indexable collection of rows </TD><TD valign=top> table, vector </TD> </Tr> </TABLE> <DT><H3>Where to find the latest news</H3><DD> The "official" <B>Metakit Homepage</B> is at: [<A href="http://www.equi4.com/metakit/" target="_top"><A href="http://www.equi4.com/metakit/">http://www.equi4.com/metakit/</A></a>] <BR>You can subscribe to topics in the <B>Support Forum</B> to be notified by email. <DT><H3>Technical support</H3><DD> Metakit is actively supported by its designer (yours truly). If you run into unexpected problems with this library please get in touch. </DL> <P> -- Jean-Claude Wippler <<A href="mailto:jcw@equi4.com"><A href="mailto:jcw@equi4.com">jcw@equi4.com</A></a>> </font> <P> <HR size=1> <CENTER> <A href="index.html" target="_top">Roadmap</A> <A href="classes.html">Class Index</A> <A href="samples.html">Sample Index</A> <A href="tips.html">Tips and Tricks</A> </CENTER> <HR size=1> <FONT color="#000099" size=-1>© 1999 Equi4 Software. All rights reserved.</FONT> </BODY> </HTML>
