Method config

Method: config()

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Category: Core Methods
Submodule: AmberDB
Entry Type: Configuration Management

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1. Definition and Overview

config() is AmberDB's deterministic configuration getter and setter. It enables inspecting or mutating engine configuration flags at runtime with automatic hook and side-effect dispatching (such as reloading locale dictionaries when language changes or invalidating cached table paths).

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2. Syntax and Signature

# 1. Single scalar getter
my $val = $adb->config($key);

# 2. Bulk getter (returns shallow copy of all configuration key-values)
my $cfg = $adb->config();

# 3. Key-Value setter (supports method chaining)
$adb->config( language => 'de', no_write => 1 );

# 4. Hashref setter
$adb->config({ simple => 1, cache_size => '512M' });

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3. Supported Flags

See the detailed dedicated wiki entries for all supported configuration flags:

• Flag: language
• Flag: simple
• Flag: auto_id
• Flag: keep_deleted
• Flag: use_junk
• Flag: log_owner
• Flag: buffer_write
• Flag: no_write
• Flag: no_backup
• Flag: jnktype

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4. Practical Code Example

# Switch language to German and activate read-only mode dynamically
$adb->config( language => 'de', no_write => 1 );

# Inspect active language
my $current_lang = $adb->config('language'); # 'de'

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5. See Also

• Method: new
• Method: table_attr