Contents

Preface

• Taking Advantage of the Cache-Forward Architecture
• The ObjectStore Component Server
• The Thin Client API
• The Component Server API
• The Client and Server API Classes
• OLE DB and ADO Clients
• Building the Component Shared Library and Client Shared Library or Executable
• Configuring, Starting, and Stopping the Server Executable
• Deploying Thin Clients and Component Servers

• Setting Routers
• Connecting to a Service
• Retrieving Operations from the Server
• Setting Operation Arguments
• Executing Operations
• Extracting Operation Results
• Disconnecting from the Server
• Managing the Thin Client Cache

• Defining an Operation Subtype
• Specifying Server Operation Name, Transaction Type, and Formal Parameters
• Initializing a Component
• Adding Operations to a Server Session
• Implementing Server Operation Execution
• Formatting Operation Results
• Implementing ostcDisconnect()

• Data Model
• The Client Code
• The Server Code

• Accessing Data Views from the DataView Reader
• Filtering and Ordering: SQL Support in DataView Reader
• DataView Reader Configuration Utility
• Registry Keys

• OSTC Fundamental Data Types
• Transaction Types
• Setting Routers
• Connecting to and Disconnecting from a Service

• Getting a Session's Operations
• Executing Operations
• Managing the Cache
• Managing Transactions
• Getting the Name of a Session's Associated Service

• Getting Operation Formal Parameters
• Getting an Operation's Name and Description
• Getting an Operation's Timestamp
• Getting Operation Actual Parameters
• Setting Operation Actual Parameters

• Cursor Validity
• Traversing Lists
• Getting List Cardinality
• Getting the Element with a Specified Name

• Getting an Object's Attribute Descriptors
• Getting an Object's Attribute Values
• Setting an Object's Attribute Values
• Getting an Object's Session
• Getting and Setting Object IDs

• Cursor Validity
• Traversing Object Lists
• Getting Object List Cardinality
• Getting and Setting Object List OIDs
• Truncating Incremental Lists
• Adding and Removing List Elements

• Implementing ostcConnect()
• Implementing ostcDisconnect()
• Implementing ostcInitialize()

• Adding Operations to a Session
• Exposing Data Views
• Modifying Start-up Parameters

• Implementing execute()
• Implementing operationComplete()
• Implementing format()
• Setting Operation Formal Parameters
• Setting the Description of an Operation
• Getting the Name of an Operation
• Creating and Deleting Server Operations

• Setting and Getting the Return Value or Values
• Getting Operation Formal Parameters
• Setting and Getting Result IDs

• Creating and Starting ObjectStore Component Servers
• Stopping Component Servers
• Adding Components to a Server
• Modifying Parameters