// 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 tail(DBClientBase& conn, const char *ns) { BSONElement lastId = minKey.firstElement(); Query query = Query(); auto_ptr c = conn.query(ns, query, 0, 0, 0, QueryOption_CursorTailable); while( 1 ) { if( !c->more() ) { if( c->isDead() ) { break; // we need to requery } // all data (so far) exhausted, wait for more sleepsecs(1); continue; } BSONObj o = c->next(); lastId = o["_id"]; cout << o.toString() << endl; } }