LIST-CLASSES
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Name

LIST-CLASSES — List classes for tables in SQL database.Function

Syntax

      list-classes &key test root-class database => classes

Arguments and Values

test

a function used to filter the search. By default, identity is used which will return all classes.

root-class

specifies the root class to the search. By default, standard-db-object is used which is the root for all view classes.

database

The database to search for view classes. This will default to the value of *default-database*.

classes

List of view classes.

Description

Returns a list of all the View Classes which have been defined in the Lisp session and are connected to database and which descended from the class root-class and which satisfy the function test.

Examples

(list-classes)
=> (#<clsql-sys::standard-db-class big> #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class employee-address>
    #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class address> #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class company>
    #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class employee>)

(list-classes :test #'(lambda (c) (> (length (symbol-name (class-name c))) 3)))
=> (#<clsql-sys::standard-db-class employee-address> #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class address>
    #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class company> #<clsql-sys::standard-db-class employee>)

Side Effects

None.

Affected by

Which view classes have been defined in the Lisp session.

Exceptional Situations

None.

See Also

def-view-class

Notes

None.

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