BTag

BTag is data storage in binary file C# library (+ server for other languages soon!). It is developed to store your data in tree, using tags children and parents.

You can easiely store your users logins, passwords and emaild using tree like this (not a real tree, just indicative).

• users
  • someUser
    • password=somePassword
    • email=[email protected]
  • otherUser
    • password=otherPassword
    • email=[email protected]

Every tag end is independent from name, so it's faster to read and easier to change.

Real tree example

Testing phase.

Example

Do not forget about using directive!

Open stream

var writer = new Writer();
writer.OpenStream("filename.btag");

var parser = new Parser();
parser.OpenStream("filename.btag");

Write one simple tag

writer.WriteAll(new Tag("main"));

Add child

var main = new Tag("main");
main.AddChild(new Tag("child"));

or

var manager = new TagManager();
manager.AddChildToLast(new Tag("first"));
manager.AddChildToLast(new Tag("child"));

(Deactivate tag before adding to tag manager if you don't want to add new childes to it using AddChildToLast)

Write to file

writer.WriteAll(main);

var tagsList = new List<Tag>(){ main, new Tag("secondMain") };
writer.WriteAllList(tagsList);

Parse file

parser.Parse();
var main = parser.FindTagLayerRoot("main");
var child = parser.FindTagLayer(main, "child");

Documentation?

Tag class is created for storing tag data in memory. So you can create file in memory and then write to file. Contains value variable that can store tag value and Childes for accessing children list.

Parser - just use OpenStream and Parse to parse entire file. FindTagLayerRoot and FindTagLayer can be useful for finding tags on layers.

Writer - use OpenStream and WriteAll or WriteAllList to write to file.

TagManager - easy tags management. AddChildToLast is very useful to save memory.

Limitations

32767 (Int16) bytes tag value length.

255 bytes tag title length.

Future

• Server for easy using with other languages
• TryFind methods (perhaps)