all

Run a given callback on all the instances of a given Type.

This function should be used for migration purposes and not for common queries as the function is rather slow. When calling this action, ThingsDB requires to loop over all the things in the collection, including the things which are marked for garbage collection.

Action

mod_type(type, 'all', callback)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
type str Name of the Type to iterate over.
'all' str Passing this argument will result in a iterate-all action.
callback closure The closure will be called on each instance.

Return value

The value nil.

Example

This code shows the return value for the action all:

// Create type `Player`
set_type('Player', {
    score: 'int',
});

// Create a player with score "10"
player = Player{score: 10};

// Update all the current scores times 10
mod_type('Player', 'all', |p| p.score *= 10);

player;

Return value in JSON format

{
    "score": 100
}