includes/dao/IDBAccessObject.php

   1 <?php
   2 /**
   3  * This file contains database access object related constants.
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  20  * @file
  21  * @ingroup Database
  22  */
  23
  24 /**
  25  * Interface for database access objects.
  26  *
  27  * Classes using this support a set of constants in a bitfield argument to their data loading
  28  * functions. In general, objects should assume READ_NORMAL if no flags are explicitly given,
  29  * though certain objects may assume READ_LATEST for common use case or legacy reasons.
  30  *
  31  * There are three types of reads:
  32  *   - READ_NORMAL  : Potentially cached read of data (e.g. from a slave or stale replica)
  33  *   - READ_LATEST  : Up-to-date read as of transaction start (e.g. from master or a quorum read)
  34  *   - READ_LOCKING : Up-to-date read as of now, that locks the records for the transaction
  35  *
  36  * Callers should use READ_NORMAL (or pass in no flags) unless the read determines a write.
  37  * In theory, such cases may require READ_LOCKING, though to avoid contention, READ_LATEST is
  38  * often good enough. If UPDATE race condition checks are required on a row and expensive code
  39  * must run after the row is fetched to determine the UPDATE, it may help to do something like:
  40  *   - a) Read the current row
  41  *   - b) Determine the new row (expensive, so we don't want to hold locks now)
  42  *   - c) Re-read the current row with READ_LOCKING; if it changed then bail out
  43  *   - d) otherwise, do the updates
  44  */
  45 interface IDBAccessObject {
  46         // Constants for object loading bitfield flags (higher => higher QoS)
  47         const READ_LATEST  = 1; // read from the master
  48         const READ_LOCKING = 3; // READ_LATEST and "FOR UPDATE"
  49
  50         // Convenience constant for callers to explicitly request slave data
  51         const READ_NORMAL = 0; // read from the slave
  52
  53         // Convenience constant for tracking how data was loaded (higher => higher QoS)
  54         const READ_NONE = -1; // not loaded yet (or the object was cleared)
  55 }