list_content_cnt: List available content from the connector

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List available content from the connector

Description

Generic implementing of how to list all content available for different connectors:

• ConnectorDBI: Uses DBI::dbListTables() to list the tables in a DBI connection.

• ConnectorFS: Uses list.files() to list all files at the path of the connector.

Usage

list_content_cnt(connector_object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'ConnectorDBI'
list_content_cnt(connector_object, ...)

## S3 method for class 'ConnectorFS'
list_content_cnt(connector_object, ...)

Arguments

connector_object	Connector The connector object to use.
...	Additional arguments passed to the method for the individual connector.

Value

A character vector of content names

Examples

# List tables in a DBI database
cnt <- connector_dbi(RSQLite::SQLite())

cnt |>
  list_content_cnt()

# List content in a file storage
cnt <- connector_fs(tempdir())

cnt |>
  list_content_cnt()

# Only list CSV files using the pattern argument of list.files

cnt |>
  list_content_cnt(pattern = "\\.csv$")

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