Re: [provision] Iterator ID.

[Darran Rolls <Darran.Rolls@sun.com>]

I'm missing its purpose then...

-djr

Jeff Bohren wrote:

>It does not seem that a search response should always return an
>iterator. If the search response contains the complete result set, an
>iterator is just extra baggage.
>
>There is no reason that the iterator ID has to be the same for every
>fetch. There is no harm in it, but there is no advantage either. I would
>put it as:
>
>"The iterator ID returned from each subsequent call to iterateRequest
>MAY be the same as the ID included in the original search response."
>
>Jeff Bohren
>Product Architect
>OpenNetwork Technologies, Inc
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary P Cole [mailto:Gary.P.Cole@Sun.COM] 
>Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:22 PM
>To: PSTC
>Subject: [provision] Iterator ID.
>
>A searchResponse may contain a <pso> but always contains an <iterator>. 
>
>An <iterator> has an "ID" attribute and may have "count" and 
>"totalCount" attributes.
>- "count" represents the number of objects in the result set that the 
><iterator> represents.
>- "totalCount" represents the number of objects that matched the <base> 
>and <select> elements of the <query> in the <searchRequest>.
>
>A requestor specifies the <iterator> that was output of a 'search' 
>operation as input to an 'iterate' operation.  In response to an 
><iterateRequest>, a provider returns another <searchResponse> that 
>contains the next <pso> and an <iterator>.
>
>Can the iterator ID change as the requestor iterates a result set?
>For example, assume that the original <searchResponse> contains
>    <iterator ID="003" count="27" totalCount="27"/>
>and the requestor specifies this element in an <iterateRequest>.
>Can the provider now return a <searchResponse> that contains
>    <iterator ID="004" count="27" totalCount="27"/>?
>
>Darran thinks that the ID must remain constant during iteration (i.e., 
>any two iterators that represent the same result set should have the 
>same ID), but I didn't come across anything that said so.
>
>Opinions? Recollections?
>
>gpc
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