File Stores

Provides permanent, direct and dictionary file stores as well as file stream stores.

• File Stores Overview
  Provides a summary of APIs related to the File Store and their uses.
• Introduction to File Stores
  File stores are persistent stores that can be used to implement application data files.
• Direct File Store
  The main characteristic of a direct file store is that streams can be created and objects externalized to them but, once the streams have been committed and closed, they cannot subsequently be changed.
• Permanent File Store
  A permanent file store implements most of the operations defined by the store abstract framework.
• File Based Dictionary Store
  CDictionaryFileStore is a concrete implementation of a dictionary store and uses a file store in its implementation.
• File Store Type and Layout
  File stores can be given a unique identity, known as the file store type, in order to differentiate them from each other.
• Direct File Store Structure
  Describes the structure of the file used as a Direct File Store.
• How to Detach and Re-attach a File
  Explains how to detach and re-attach a file with the File Store.