Load the field data of an entity

The following examples demonstrate how you can load (read from the state fabric) the field data of an entity. These examples use the following function:

Result<std::size_t> LoadEntityField(
    Transaction& txn,
    const Entity& entity,
    TypeId keyTypeId,
    FieldIndex index,
    std::int8_t** dest) noexcept;

The Api::TypeId keyTypeId parameter should receive the corresponding Api::TypeId from Api::BuiltinTypeId. If there is no appropriate conversion, you can use Api::BuiltinTypeId::Dynamic.

Note

The value of FieldIndex index must be greater than 0. The value 0 is reserved for the index key (see StoreEntityIndexKey()).

Example using primitive data types

namespace
{
    constexpr Api::FieldIndex k_isTrueFieldId { /* value */ 1 };
}

Result<void> LoadEntityFields(
    Api::Entity& entity, 
    Transaction& transaction)
{
    std::int8_t* dest = nullptr;
    
    WEAVERRUNTIME_TRY(Api::LoadEntityField(
        transaction,
        entity,
        Api::BuiltinTypeIdToTypeId(
            Aws::WeaverRuntime::Api::BuiltinTypeId::Bool),
        k_isTrueFieldId,
        &dest));
    
    bool isTrueValue = *reinterpret_cast<bool*>(dest);
}

Example using a struct to hold the data

namespace
{
    constexpr Api::FieldIndex k_dataFieldId { /* value */ 1 };
}

struct Data
{
    bool boolData;
    float floatData;
};

Result<void> LoadEntityFields(
    Api::Entity& entity, 
    Transaction& transaction)
{
    std::int8_t* dest = nullptr;
    
    WEAVERRUNTIME_TRY(Api::LoadEntityField(
        transaction,
        entity,
        Api::BuiltinTypeIdToTypeId(
            Aws::WeaverRuntime::Api::BuiltinTypeId::Dynamic),
        k_dataFieldId,
        &dest));
    
    Data dataValue = *reinterpret_cast<Data*>(dest);
}