MetaKit 2.0 December 1999

About these pages

November 2000: More recent docs are in a separate package, see Mk4dok in https://www.equi4.com/pub/dok/ for details.

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 (click here if you don't see the index pane).

The Class Index describes the API of all the public classes in MetaKit. The Sample Index describes each of the samples supplied as part of the evaluation package. The Tips and Tricks section goes into issues such as performance and gives more advanced background information.

Class hierarchy

The following list only mentions the public API classes (core classes in bold):

Base class:	Derived classes:	Virtual:
c4_Bytes	-	No
c4_Cursor	-	No
c4_CustomViewer	-	Abstract
c4_Property	c4_IntProp, c4_StringProp, ...	No
c4_Reference	c4_IntRef, c4_StringRef, ...	No
c4_RowRef	c4_Row	No
c4_Sequence	-	Yes
c4_Storage	-	No
c4_Strategy	-	Yes
c4_View	-	No

The class documentation was generated using [Perceps], by Mark Peskin.

Glossary

Term:	Description:	Similar to:
Attached	Managed by storage object	persistent, on file
Cursor	Position in a view	pointer, recnum
Property	One data-value in a row	field, item
Row	Zero or more related data-values	tuple
RowRef	A row, or an entry in a view	record, array element
Storage	Maintains a datafile	database
Streaming	Sequential I/O (no seeks)	flattening, serializing
View	An indexable collection of rows	table, vector

Where to find the latest news

The "official" MetaKit Homepage is at:   [https://www.equi4.com/metakit/]
You can subscribe to topics in the Support Forum to be notified by email.

Technical support

MetaKit is actively supported by its designer (yours truly). If you run into unexpected problems with this library please get in touch.

-- Coen Siegerink <[email protected]>