# Dbc.get

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    import com.sleepycat.db.*;

    public int get(Dbt key, Dbt data, int flags)
        throws DbException;
    public int pget(Dbt key, Dbt pkey, Dbt data, int flags)
        throws DbException;

# Description

The Dbc.get method retrieves key/data pairs from the database. The byte array and length of the key are returned in the object to which key refers (except for the case of the Db.DB_SET flag, in which the key object is unchanged), and the byte array and length of the data are returned in the object to which data refers.

When called on a cursor opened on a database that has been made into a secondary index using the Db.associate method, the Dbc.get and Dbc.pget methods return the key from the secondary index and the data item from the primary database. In addition, the Dbc.pget method returns the key from the primary database. In databases that are not secondary indices, the Dbc.pget interface will always fail and return EINVAL.

Modifications to the database during a sequential scan will be reflected in the scan; that is, records inserted behind a cursor will not be returned while records inserted in front of a cursor will be returned.

In Queue and Recno databases, missing entries (that is, entries that were never explicitly created or that were created and then deleted) will be skipped during a sequential scan.

The flags value must be set to one of the following values:

Db.DB_CURRENT
  Return the key/data pair to which the cursor refers.

  If the cursor key/data pair was deleted, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_KEYEMPTY.

  If the cursor is not yet initialized, the Dbc.get method throws an exception that encapsulates EINVAL.

Db.DB_FIRST, Db.DB_LAST
  The cursor is set to refer to the first (last) key/data pair of the database, and that pair is returned. In the presence of duplicate key values, the first (last) data item in the set of duplicates is returned.

  If the database is a Queue or Recno database, Dbc.get using the Db.DB_FIRST (Db.DB_LAST) flags will ignore any keys that exist but were never explicitly created by the application, or were created and later deleted.

  If the database is empty, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_NOTFOUND.

Db.DB_GET_BOTH
  The Db.DB_GET_BOTH flag is identical to the Db.DB_SET flag, except that both the key and the data arguments must be matched by the key and data item in the database.

  When used with the Dbc.pget version of this interface on a secondary index handle, both the secondary and primary keys must be matched by the secondary and primary key item in the database. It is an error to use the Db.DB_GET_BOTH flag with the Dbc.get version of this interface and a cursor that has been opened on a secondary index handle.

Db.DB_GET_BOTH_RANGE
  The Db.DB_GET_BOTH_RANGE flag is identical to the Db.DB_GET_BOTH flag, except that, in the case of any database supporting sorted duplicate sets, the returned key/data pair is the smallest data item greater than or equal to the specified data item (as determined by the comparison function), permitting partial matches and range searches in duplicate data sets.

Db.DB_GET_RECNO
  Return the record number associated with the cursor. The record number will be returned in data, as described in Dbt. The key parameter is ignored.

  For Db.DB_GET_RECNO to be specified, the underlying database must be of type Btree, and it must have been created with the Db.DB_RECNUM flag.

Db.DB_JOIN_ITEM
  Do not use the data value found in all of the cursors as a lookup key for the primary database, but simply return it in the key parameter instead. The data parameter is left unchanged.

  For Db.DB_JOIN_ITEM to be specified, the underlying cursor must have been returned from the Db.join method.

Db.DB_NEXT, Db.DB_PREV
  If the cursor is not yet initialized, Db.DB_NEXT (Db.DB_PREV) is identical to Db.DB_FIRST (Db.DB_LAST). Otherwise, the cursor is moved to the next (previous) key/data pair of the database, and that pair is returned. In the presence of duplicate key values, the value of the key may not change.

  If the database is a Queue or Recno database, Dbc.get using the Db.DB_NEXT (Db.DB_PREV) flag will skip any keys that exist but were never explicitly created by the application, or those that were created and later deleted.

  If the cursor is already on the last (first) record in the database, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_NOTFOUND.

Db.DB_NEXT_DUP
  If the next key/data pair of the database is a duplicate data record for the current key/data pair, the cursor is moved to the next key/data pair of the database, and that pair is returned. Otherwise, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_NOTFOUND.

  If the cursor is not yet initialized, the Dbc.get method throws an exception that encapsulates EINVAL.

Db.DB_NEXT_NODUP, Db.DB_PREV_NODUP
  If the cursor is not yet initialized, Db.DB_NEXT_NODUP (Db.DB_PREV_NODUP) is identical to Db.DB_FIRST (Db.DB_LAST). Otherwise, the cursor is moved to the next (previous) non-duplicate key of the database, and that key/data pair is returned.

  If the database is a Queue or Recno database, Dbc.get using the Db.DB_NEXT_NODUP (Db.DB_PREV_NODUP) flags will ignore any keys that exist but were never explicitly created by the application, or those that were created and later deleted.

  If no non-duplicate key/data pairs occur after (before) the cursor position in the database, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_NOTFOUND.

Db.DB_SET
  Move the cursor to the specified key/data pair of the database, and return the datum associated with the given key.

  In the presence of duplicate key values, Dbc.get will return the first data item for the given key.

  If the database is a Queue or Recno database, and the specified key exists, but was never explicitly created by the application or was later deleted, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_KEYEMPTY.

  If no matching keys are found, Dbc.get will return Db.DB_NOTFOUND.

Db.DB_SET_RANGE
  The Db.DB_SET_RANGE flag is identical to the Db.DB_SET flag, except that the key is returned as well as the data item; and, in the case of the Btree access method, the returned key/data pair is the smallest key greater than or equal to the specified key (as determined by the comparison method), permitting partial key matches and range searches.

Db.DB_SET_RECNO
  Move the cursor to the specific numbered record of the database, and return the associated key/data pair. The data field of the specified key must be a byte array containing a record number, as described in Dbt. This determines the record to be retrieved.

  For Db.DB_SET_RECNO to be specified, the underlying database must be of type Btree, and it must have been created with the Db.DB_RECNUM flag.

In addition, the following flags may be set by bitwise inclusively OR'ing them into the flags parameter:

Db.DB_DIRTY_READ
  Read modified but not yet committed data. Silently ignored if the Db.DB_DIRTY_READ flag was not specified when the underlying database was opened.

Db.DB_MULTIPLE
  Return multiple data items. The buffer to which the data argument refers is filled with the specified key's data items. If the first data item associated with the key cannot fit into the buffer, the size field of the data argument is set to the length needed to retrieve it, and a DbMemoryException is thrown. Subsequent calls with both the Db.DB_NEXT_DUP and Db.DB_MULTIPLE flags specified will return additional data items associated with the current key or Db.DB_NOTFOUND if there is no additional data items to return.

  If Db.DB_MULTIPLE is specified for the Queue and Recno access methods, the buffer will be filled with as many data records as possible. The record number of the first record will be returned in the key argument. The record number of each subsequent returned record must be calculated from this value.

  The buffer to which the data argument refers should be large relative to the page size of the underlying database, aligned for unsigned integer access, and be a multiple of 1024 bytes in size.

  The Db.DB_MULTIPLE flag may only be used with the Db.DB_CURRENT, Db.DB_FIRST, Db.DB_GET_BOTH, Db.DB_NEXT, Db.DB_NEXT_DUP, Db.DB_NEXT_NODUP, Db.DB_SET, Db.DB_SET_RANGE, and Db.DB_SET_RECNO options.

  The Db.DB_MULTIPLE flag may not be used when accessing databases made into secondary indices using the Db.associate method.

  See DbMultipleDataIterator for more information.

Db.DB_MULTIPLE_KEY
  Return multiple key and data pairs. The buffer to which the data argument refers is filled with key and data pairs. If the first key and data pair cannot fit into the buffer, the size field of the data argument is set to the length needed to retrieve them, and a DbMemoryException is thrown.

  The buffer to which the data argument refers should be large relative to the page size of the underlying database, aligned for unsigned integer access, and be a multiple of 1024 bytes in size.

  The Db.DB_MULTIPLE_KEY flag may only be used with the Db.DB_CURRENT, Db.DB_FIRST, Db.DB_GET_BOTH, Db.DB_NEXT, Db.DB_NEXT_NODUP, Db.DB_SET, Db.DB_SET_RANGE, and Db.DB_SET_RECNO options. The Db.DB_MULTIPLE_KEY flag may not be used when accessing databases made into secondary indices using the Db.associate method.

  See DbMultipleKeyDataIterator for more information.

Db.DB_RMW
  Acquire write locks instead of read locks when doing the retrieval. Setting this flag can eliminate deadlock during a read-modify-write cycle by acquiring the write lock during the read part of the cycle so that another thread of control acquiring a read lock for the same item, in its own read-modify-write cycle, will not result in deadlock.

Otherwise, the Dbc.get method throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure.

If Dbc.get fails for any reason, the state of the cursor will be unchanged.

# Errors

The Dbc.get method may fail and throw an exception encapsulating a non-zero error for the following conditions:

Db.DB_SECONDARY_BAD
  A secondary index references a nonexistent primary key.

EINVAL
  An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

  The specified cursor was not currently initialized.

  The Dbc.pget interface was called with a cursor that does not refer to a secondary index.

If the operation was selected to resolve a deadlock, the Dbc.get method will fail and throw a DbDeadlockException exception.

If the requested item could not be returned due to insufficient memory, the Dbc.get method will fail and throw a DbMemoryException exception.

The Dbc.get method may fail and throw an exception for errors specified for other Berkeley DB and C library or system methods. If a catastrophic error has occurred, the Dbc.get method may fail and throw a DbRunRecoveryException, in which case all subsequent Berkeley DB calls will fail in the same way.

# Class

Dbc

# See Also

Dbc.close, Dbc.count, Dbc.del, Dbc.dup, Dbc.get, Dbc.pget, and Dbc.put.`

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