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externalsort

package module

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Versions in this module

v1

v1.1.2

Oct 22, 2026

v1.1.1

Oct 7, 2026

v1.1.0

Oct 1, 2026

v1.0.0

Aug 25, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const AES256KeyBytes

+ const MaximumChunkBytes

+ const MaximumChunkRecords

+ const MaximumMergeFiles

+ const MaximumRecordBytes

+ var ErrClosed = errors.New("external sort store is closed")

+ var ErrConcurrentUse = errors.New("external sort store is already in use")

+ var ErrCorrupt = errors.New("external sort chunk is corrupt")

+ var ErrEntropy = errors.New("external sort entropy failed")

+ var ErrFinalized = errors.New("external sort store is finalized")

+ var ErrInvalidConfiguration = errors.New("external sort configuration is invalid")

+ var ErrInvalidKey = errors.New("external sort key is invalid")

+ var ErrInvalidRecord = errors.New("external sort record is invalid")

+ var ErrRecordLimit = errors.New("external sort record limit reached")

+ var ErrStorage = errors.New("external sort storage failed")

+ var ErrUnsafeParent = errors.New("external sort parent is not an owner-only directory")

+ type Config struct

+ ChunkRecords int

+ MaximumRecords int

+ ParentDirectory string

+ RecordBytes int

+ type Factory struct

+ func NewFactory(config Config) (*Factory, error)

+ func (Factory) GoString() string

+ func (Factory) LogValue() slog.Value

+ func (Factory) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)

+ func (Factory) String() string

+ func (factory *Factory) Open(ctx context.Context, key []byte) (*Store, error)

+ type Store struct

+ func (Store) GoString() string

+ func (Store) LogValue() slog.Value

+ func (Store) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)

+ func (Store) String() string

+ func (store *Store) Add(ctx context.Context, record []byte) error

+ func (store *Store) Close() error

+ func (store *Store) ForEachSorted(ctx context.Context, yield func([]byte) error) (result error)