// tail.cpp /* Copyright 2009 10gen Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /* example of using a tailable cursor */ #include "../../client/dbclient.h" #include "../../util/goodies.h" using namespace mongo; void foo() { } /* "tail" the specified namespace, outputting elements as they are added. _id values must be inserted in increasing order for this to work. (Some other field could also be used.) Note: one could use a capped collection and $natural order to do something similar, using sort({$natural:1}), and then not need to worry about _id's being in order. */ void tail(DBClientBase& conn, const char *ns) { conn.ensureIndex(ns, fromjson("{_id:1}")); BSONElement lastId; Query query = Query().sort("_id"); while( 1 ) { auto_ptr c = conn.query(ns, query, 0, 0, 0, Option_CursorTailable); while( 1 ) { if( !c->more() ) { if( c->isDead() ) { // we need to requery break; } sleepsecs(1); } BSONObj o = c->next(); lastId = o["_id"]; cout << o.toString() << endl; } query = QUERY( "_id" << GT << lastId ).sort("_id"); } }