describe method

String describe()

Stream items by sending pointers from native code. Interestingly this is slower even though it transfers only pointers... Probably because of the slowness of asTypedList(), see native_pointers.dart benchmark For internal testing purposes.

Implementation

// Stream<T> _stream2() {
//   initializeDartAPI();
//   final port = ReceivePort();
//   final cStream = checkObxPtr(
//       C.dartc_query_find_ptr(_cQuery, port.sendPort.nativePort),
//       'query stream');
//
//   var closed = false;
//   final close = () {
//     if (closed) return;
//     closed = true;
//     C.dartc_stream_close(cStream);
//     port.close();
//   };
//
//   try {
//     final controller = StreamController<T>(onCancel: close);
//     port.listen((dynamic message) {
//       // We expect Uint8List for data and NULL when the query has finished.
//       if (message is Uint8List) {
//         try {
//           final int64s = Int64List.view(message.buffer);
//           assert(int64s.length == 2);
//           final data =
//               Pointer<Uint8>.fromAddress(int64s[0]).asTypedList(int64s[1]);
//           controller.add(_entity.objectFromFB(_store, data));
//           return;
//         } catch (e) {
//           controller.addError(e);
//         }
//       } else if (message is String) {
//         controller.addError(
//             ObjectBoxException('Query stream native exception: $message'));
//       } else if (message != null) {
//         controller.addError(ObjectBoxException(
//             'Query stream received an invalid message type '
//             '(${message.runtimeType}): $message'));
//       }
//       controller.close(); // done
//       close();
//     });
//     return controller.stream;
//   } catch (e) {
//     close();
//     rethrow;
//   }
// }

/// For internal testing purposes.
String describe() => dartStringFromC(C.query_describe(_ptr));