VIII.2.2 Generic DataBase class

This class corresponds to the generic DataBase class of ruby described in Chapter I.1. The class cannot be instantiated; instead, the corresponding specialized classes “NastranDb” and “SamcefDb” that derive from DataBase can be instantiated.

The iterators of the DataBase class in ruby extension have also been defined in COM component: “iter_abbreviation”, “iter_groupName”, “iter_resultKey”, “iter_resultKeyCaseId”, “iter_resultKeySubCaseId”, “iter_resultKeyLcScId” and ‘iter_resultKeyResId” properties in COM component correspond to the “each_abbreviation”, “each_groupName”, “each_resultKey”,
“each_resultKeyCaseId”, “each_resultKeySubCaseId”, “each_resultKeyLcScId” and
“each_resultKeyResId” iterators in ruby extension.

The four singleton methods “enableLayeredResultsReading”, “disableLayeredResultsReading”, “enableSubLayersReading” and “disableSubLayersReading” in the ruby extension generic DataBase class are defined as static methods in NET assembly. No instance of the derived class must be created to use these singleton methods.

Similarly, methods“setStorageBufferMaxCapacity” and “getStorageBufferMaxCapacity” are defined as static methods in DataBase class.