PostgreSQL connection using the official driver.
Implements: IReferenceable, IConfigurable, IOpenable
Description
The PostgresConnection class allows you to create connections to PostgreSQL databases using the official driver.
Important points
- By defining a connection and sharing it through multiple persistence components you can reduce the number of used database connections.
Configuration parameters
connection(s):
- discovery_key: (optional) key to retrieve the connection from IDiscovery
- host: host name or IP address
- port: port number (default: 27017)
- uri: resource URI or connection string with all parameters in it
credential(s):
- store_key: (optional) key to retrieve the credentials from ICredentialStore
- username: username
- password: user’s password
options:
- connect_timeout: (optional) number of milliseconds to wait before timing out when connecting a new client (default: 0)
- idle_timeout: (optional) number of milliseconds a client must sit idle in the pool and not be checked out (default: 10000)
- max_pool_size: (optional) maximum number of clients the pool can contain (default: 10)
References
- *:logger:*:*:1.0 - (optional) ILogger components to pass log messages
- *:discovery:*:*:1.0 - (optional) IDiscovery services
- *:credential-store:*:*:1.0 (optional) credential stores used to resolve credentials
Fields
Instance methods
close
Closes the component and frees used resources.
close(context: Optional[IContext])
- context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.
configure
Configures the component by passing its configuration parameters.
configure(config: ConfigParams)
- config: ConfigParams - configuration parameters to be set.
get_connection
Gets a connection to a Postgres database.
get_connection(): Any
- returns: Any - connection to a Postgres database.
get_database_name
Gets the database name.
get_database_name(): str
- returns: str - database name