/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * dest.h * support for communication destinations * * Whenever the backend executes a query, the results * have to go someplace. * * - stdout is the destination only when we are running a * standalone backend (no postmaster) and are returning results * back to an interactive user. * * - a remote process is the destination when we are * running a backend with a frontend and the frontend executes * PQexec() or PQfn(). In this case, the results are sent * to the frontend via the functions in backend/libpq. * * - None is the destination when the system executes * a query internally. The results are discarded. * * dest.c defines three functions that implement destination management: * * BeginCommand: initialize the destination at start of command. * CreateDestReceiver: return a pointer to a struct of destination-specific * receiver functions. * EndCommand: clean up the destination at end of command. * * BeginCommand/EndCommand are executed once per received SQL query. * * CreateDestReceiver returns a receiver object appropriate to the specified * destination. The executor, as well as utility statements that can return * tuples, are passed the resulting DestReceiver* pointer. Each executor run * or utility execution calls the receiver's rStartup method, then the * receiveTuple method (zero or more times), then the rShutdown method. * The same receiver object may be re-used multiple times; eventually it is * destroyed by calling its rDestroy method. * * The DestReceiver object returned by CreateDestReceiver may be a statically * allocated object (for destination types that require no local state), * in which case rDestroy is a no-op. Alternatively it can be a palloc'd * object that has DestReceiver as its first field and contains additional * fields (see printtup.c for an example). These additional fields are then * accessible to the DestReceiver functions by casting the DestReceiver* * pointer passed to them. The palloc'd object is pfree'd by the rDestroy * method. Note that the caller of CreateDestReceiver should take care to * do so in a memory context that is long-lived enough for the receiver * object not to disappear while still needed. * * Special provision: None_Receiver is a permanently available receiver * object for the None destination. This avoids useless creation/destroy * calls in portal and cursor manipulations. * * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * $Id: dest.h,v 1.41 2003/08/06 17:46:46 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifndef DEST_H #define DEST_H #include "access/htup.h" /* buffer size to use for command completion tags */ #define COMPLETION_TAG_BUFSIZE 64 /* ---------------- * CommandDest is a simplistic means of identifying the desired * destination. Someday this will probably need to be improved. * * Note: only the values None, Debug, Remote are legal for the global * variable whereToSendOutput. The other values may be used * as the destination for individual commands. * ---------------- */ typedef enum { None, /* results are discarded */ Debug, /* results go to debugging output */ Remote, /* results sent to frontend process */ RemoteExecute, /* sent to frontend, in Execute command */ SPI, /* results sent to SPI manager */ Tuplestore /* results sent to Tuplestore */ } CommandDest; /* ---------------- * DestReceiver is a base type for destination-specific local state. * In the simplest cases, there is no state info, just the function * pointers that the executor must call. * * Note: the receiveTuple routine must be passed a TupleDesc identical to the * one given to the rStartup routine. The reason for passing it again is just * that some destinations would otherwise need dynamic state merely to * remember the tupledesc pointer. * ---------------- */ typedef struct _DestReceiver DestReceiver; struct _DestReceiver { /* Called for each tuple to be output: */ void (*receiveTuple) (HeapTuple tuple, TupleDesc typeinfo, DestReceiver *self); /* Per-executor-run initialization and shutdown: */ void (*rStartup) (DestReceiver *self, int operation, TupleDesc typeinfo); void (*rShutdown) (DestReceiver *self); /* Destroy the receiver object itself (if dynamically allocated) */ void (*rDestroy) (DestReceiver *self); /* CommandDest code for this receiver */ CommandDest mydest; /* Private fields might appear beyond this point... */ }; extern DestReceiver *None_Receiver; /* permanent receiver for None */ /* This is a forward reference to utils/portal.h */ typedef struct PortalData *Portal; /* The primary destination management functions */ extern void BeginCommand(const char *commandTag, CommandDest dest); extern DestReceiver *CreateDestReceiver(CommandDest dest, Portal portal); extern void EndCommand(const char *commandTag, CommandDest dest); /* Additional functions that go with destination management, more or less. */ extern void NullCommand(CommandDest dest); extern void ReadyForQuery(CommandDest dest); #endif /* DEST_H */