Added support for grouping notifications from subscriptions.

doc/src/connection.rst

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ Connection Object
         This attribute is an extension to the DB API definition.
 
 
-.. method:: Connection.subscribe(namespace=cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_DBCHANGE, protocol=cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_PROTO_OCI, callback=None, timeout=0, operations=OPCODE_ALLOPS, port=0, qos=0, ipAddress=None)
+.. method:: Connection.subscribe(namespace=cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_DBCHANGE, protocol=cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_PROTO_OCI, callback=None, timeout=0, operations=OPCODE_ALLOPS, port=0, qos=0, ipAddress=None, groupingClass=0, groupingValue=0, groupingType=cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY)
 
     Return a new :ref:`subscription object <subscrobj>` using the connection.
     Currently the namespace and protocol parameters cannot have any other
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ Connection Object
     (insert, update, delete). The default value will send notifications for all
     operations.
 
-    The port specifies the listening port for callback notifications from the
+    The port parameter specifies the listening port for callback notifications
-    database server. If not specified, an unused port will be selected by the
+    from the database server. If not specified, an unused port will be selected
-    database.
+    by the database.
 
     The qos parameter specifies quality of service options. It should be one or
     more of the following flags, OR'ed together:
@@ -510,9 +510,20 @@ Connection Object
     :data:`cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_QOS_QUERY`,
     :data:`cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_QOS_BEST_EFFORT`.
 
-    The ipAddress specifies the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) to bind for callback
+    The ipAddress parameter specifies the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) to bind for
-    notifications from the database server. If not specified, the client IP
+    callback notifications from the database server. If not specified, the
-    address will be determined by the Oracle Client libraries.
+    client IP address will be determined by the Oracle Client libraries.
+
+    The groupingClass parameter specifies what type of grouping of
+    notifications should take place. Currently, if set, this value can only be
+    set to the value :data:`cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_GROUPING_CLASS_TIME`, which
+    will group notifications by the number of seconds specified in the
+    groupingValue parameter. The groupingType parameter should be one of the
+    values :data:`cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY` (the default) or
+    :data:`cx_Oracle.SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_LAST`.
+
+    *New in version 6.4:* The parameters ipAddress, groupingClass,
+    groupingValue and groupingType were added.
 
     .. note::
 

doc/src/module.rst

@@ -781,6 +781,39 @@ in database resident connection pooling (DRCP).
     need not be new and may have prior session state.
 
 
+Subscription Grouping Classes
+-----------------------------
+
+These constants are extensions to the DB API definition. They are possible
+values for the groupingClass parameter of the :meth:`Connection.subscribe()`
+method.
+
+.. data:: SUBSCR_GROUPING_CLASS_TIME
+
+    This constant is used to specify that events are to be grouped by the
+    period of time in which they are received.
+
+
+Subscription Grouping Types
+---------------------------
+
+These constants are extensions to the DB API definition. They are possible
+values for the groupingType parameter of the :meth:`Connection.subscribe()`
+method.
+
+.. data:: SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY
+
+    This constant is used to specify that when events are grouped a summary of
+    the events should be sent instead of the individual events. This is the
+    default value.
+
+.. data:: SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_LAST
+
+    This constant is used to specify that when events are grouped the last
+    event that makes up the group should be sent instead of the individual
+    events.
+
+
 Subscription Namespaces
 -----------------------
 

src/cxoConnection.c

@@ -1456,21 +1456,28 @@ static PyObject *cxoConnection_subscribe(cxoConnection *conn, PyObject* args,
         PyObject* keywordArgs)
 {
     static char *keywordList[] = { "namespace", "protocol", "callback",
-            "timeout", "operations", "port", "qos", "ipAddress", NULL };
+            "timeout", "operations", "port", "qos", "ipAddress",
+            "groupingClass", "groupingValue", "groupingType", NULL };
     uint32_t namespace, protocol, port, timeout, operations, qos;
+    uint8_t groupingClass, groupingType;
     PyObject *callback, *ipAddress;
+    uint32_t groupingValue;
 
-    timeout = port = qos = 0;
+    groupingClass = 0;
     callback = ipAddress = NULL;
+    timeout = port = qos = groupingValue = 0;
+    groupingType = DPI_SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY;
     namespace = DPI_SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_DBCHANGE;
     protocol = DPI_SUBSCR_PROTO_CALLBACK;
     operations = DPI_OPCODE_ALL_OPS;
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywordArgs, "|iiOiiiiO",
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywordArgs, "|iiOiiiiObib",
             keywordList, &namespace, &protocol, &callback, &timeout,
-            &operations, &port, &qos, &ipAddress))
+            &operations, &port, &qos, &ipAddress, &groupingClass,
+            &groupingValue, &groupingType))
         return NULL;
     return (PyObject*) cxoSubscr_new(conn, namespace, protocol, ipAddress,
-            port, callback, timeout, operations, qos);
+            port, callback, timeout, operations, qos, groupingClass,
+            groupingValue, groupingType);
 }
 
 

src/cxoModule.c

@@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ static PyObject *cxoModule_initialize(void)
     CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_DBCHANGE",
             DPI_SUBSCR_NAMESPACE_DBCHANGE)
 
+    // add constants for subscription grouping classes
+    CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("SUBSCR_GROUPING_CLASS_TIME",
+            DPI_SUBSCR_GROUPING_CLASS_TIME)
+
+    // add constants for subscription grouping types
+    CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY",
+            DPI_SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_SUMMARY)
+    CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_LAST",
+            DPI_SUBSCR_GROUPING_TYPE_LAST)
+
     // add constants for event types
     CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("EVENT_NONE", DPI_EVENT_NONE)
     CXO_ADD_INT_CONSTANT("EVENT_STARTUP", DPI_EVENT_STARTUP)

src/cxoModule.h

@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ struct cxoSubscr {
     uint32_t timeout;
     uint32_t operations;
     uint32_t qos;
+    uint8_t groupingClass;
+    uint32_t groupingValue;
+    uint8_t groupingType;
     uint64_t id;
 };
 
@@ -433,7 +436,8 @@ cxoObjectType *cxoObjectType_newByName(cxoConnection *connection,
 cxoSubscr *cxoSubscr_new(cxoConnection *connection, uint32_t namespace,
         uint32_t protocol, PyObject *ipAddress, uint32_t port,
         PyObject *callback, uint32_t timeout, uint32_t operations,
-        uint32_t qos);
+        uint32_t qos, uint8_t groupingClass, uint32_t groupingValue,
+        uint8_t groupingType);
 
 PyObject *cxoTransform_dateFromTicks(PyObject *args);
 int cxoTransform_fromPython(cxoTransformNum transformNum, PyObject *pyValue,

src/cxoSubscr.c

@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ static void cxoSubscr_callback(cxoSubscr *subscr,
 cxoSubscr *cxoSubscr_new(cxoConnection *connection, uint32_t namespace,
         uint32_t protocol, PyObject *ipAddress, uint32_t port,
         PyObject *callback, uint32_t timeout, uint32_t operations,
-        uint32_t qos)
+        uint32_t qos, uint8_t groupingClass, uint32_t groupingValue,
+        uint8_t groupingType)
 {
     dpiSubscrCreateParams params;
     cxoSubscr *subscr;
@@ -541,6 +542,9 @@ cxoSubscr *cxoSubscr_new(cxoConnection *connection, uint32_t namespace,
     subscr->timeout = timeout;
     subscr->operations = operations;
     subscr->qos = qos;
+    subscr->groupingClass = groupingClass;
+    subscr->groupingValue = groupingValue;
+    subscr->groupingType = groupingType;
 
     if (dpiContext_initSubscrCreateParams(cxoDpiContext, &params) < 0) {
         cxoError_raiseAndReturnNull();
@@ -566,6 +570,9 @@ cxoSubscr *cxoSubscr_new(cxoConnection *connection, uint32_t namespace,
     params.timeout = timeout;
     params.operations = operations;
     params.qos = qos;
+    params.groupingClass = groupingClass;
+    params.groupingValue = groupingValue;
+    params.groupingType = groupingType;
     if (dpiConn_newSubscription(connection->handle, &params, &subscr->handle,
             &subscr->id) < 0) {
         cxoError_raiseAndReturnNull();