[Ficl-developers] FICL Classes for Data Tables

[David M. <da...@re...>]

Hi all,

I'm in need of some FICL classes for implementing data tables, as
building blocks for database capability.

The idea I have in mind is a generic 'data table' class, we could call
'c-table'.

Instances of 'c-table' would be bound to another specific class, and
would simply hold an array of n instances of that class.

c-table would have methods for:

* loading the entire table from a data file
* saving the entire table to a data file
* appending a new instance of the bound class
* deleting an instance of the bound class
    * actual instance chosen could be selected by an array index,
      or a hash string field.
* searching for an instance of the class matching a key field

Physically, each instance of 'c-table' would have attributes including
the following:

* class-instance pair for the class to which the instance is bound
* size of the bound class
* number of instances of the bound class held in array
* pointer to an array of instances of the bound class

It would be assumed that any class a c-table instance is bound to
would have as its first attribute a cell-sized value, which can be
construed as a unique number, or a string hash value - it's up to the
programmer to decide which.

Has anyone implemented such a beast in FICL yet? If so, would you be
willing to share your code?

If not, would anyone like to contribute ideas/desires for auch a 'data
table' class?

Cheers
David