index_object:user_defined()

object index_object

index_object:user_defined()

Users can define any functions they want, and associate them with indexes: in effect they can make their own index methods. They do this by:

1. creating a Lua function,
2. adding the function name to a predefined global variable which has type = table, and
3. invoking the function any time thereafter, as long as the server is up, by saying index_object:function-name([parameters]).

There are three predefined global variables:

• Adding to box_schema.index_mt makes the method available for all indexes.
• Adding to box_schema.memtx_index_mt makes the method available for all memtx indexes.
• Adding to box_schema.vinyl_index_mt makes the method available for all vinyl indexes.

Alternatively, user-defined methods can be made available for only one index, by calling getmetatable(index_object) and then adding the function name to the meta table.

Parameters:	index_object (index_object) – an object reference. any-name (any-type) – whatever the user defines

Example:

-- Visible to any index of a memtx space, no parameters.
-- After these requests, the value of global_variable will be 6.
box.schema.space.create('t', {engine='memtx'})
box.space.t:create_index('i')
global_variable = 5
function f() global_variable = global_variable + 1 end
box.schema.memtx_index_mt.counter = f
box.space.t.index.i:counter()

Example:

-- Visible to index box.space.t.index.i only, 1 parameter.
-- After these requests, the value of X will be 1005.
box.schema.space.create('t', {engine='memtx', id = 1000})
box.space.t:create_index('i')
X = 0
i = box.space.t.index.i
function f(i_arg, param) X = X + param + i_arg.space_id end
box.schema.memtx_index_mt.counter = f
meta = getmetatable(i)
meta.counter = f
i:counter(5)