7.29.2 Index Library Exports

See Function Descriptions.

Index library objects provide a collection of index operating functions, some of which that do not refer the data type of the operated index item (like the function deleting one item) and some of which that do refer the data type of the operated index item (like the functions inserting data in the index). The second class of functions refer the data type in their names, and thus, for each data type (specified when building the index library object) and for each data type specialized operation a function with a unique name is provided.

A third class of type generic interfaces is provided upon special request. Interfaces of this class are meant to allow data transfer to and from ‘index’ objects in a type oblivious fashion. They make references to the ‘object’ data type.

See Type Oblivious Interfaces.

See (aime)The Index Library.