SimpleRead

SimpleRead proof of concept

Reading from /james/:

lastName property

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Single record read: efs.read("/james/", "properties", "lastName"):

efs.read(path, edgeType, "lastName") {
    //constants for readability
    curFolder = 0 // 0=root
    directoryType = 1234
    filesType = 5678
    nameIndexType = 9384

    folderName = parse out "james" from path
    jamesNode = getNodeByIndex(curFolder, directoryType , nameIndexType , folderName)

    fileNameToGet = func arg of "lastName"
    fileNode = getNodeByIndex(jamesNode, filesType, nameIndexType , fileNameToGet)

    // for browser, get complex data
    propData = readProperties(fileNode)
    return { data: propData.data, dataType: propData.dataType, edition: propData.edition }
    // for contracts, just get raw bytes
    propData = readProperty(fileNode, "data")
    return propData
}

Multiple records read: efs.read("/james/", "comments", , 10)

efs.read(path, type, , 10) {
    // HERE
    //constants for readability
    curFolder = 0 // root
    directoryType = 1234
    commentsType = 16548
    nameIndexType = 9384

    folderName = parse out "james"
    jamesNode = getNodeByIndex(curFolder, directoryType, nameIndexType, folderName)

    commentNodes = getNodes(jamesNode, commentsType, , desc, 10)

    foreach comment in commentNodes:
        returnValues += readProperties(comment)

    return returnValues
    //e.g.:
    {
        138123: {
            type: 16548,
            edition: public,
            version: 0,
            data: "Hello World",
            dataType: "markdownstring",
        },
        938732: {
            type: 16548,
            edition: public,
            version: 0,
            data: "This was interesting",
            dataType: "markdownstring",
        },
        ...
    }
}