connector_dbi: Create 'dbi' connector

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Create dbi connector

Description

Initializes the connector for DBI type of storage. See ConnectorDBI for details.

Usage

connector_dbi(drv, ..., extra_class = NULL)

Arguments

drv	Driver object inheriting from DBI::DBIDriver.
...	Additional arguments passed to DBI::dbConnect().
extra_class	character Extra class to assign to the new connector.

Details

The extra_class parameter allows you to create a subclass of the ConnectorDBI object. This can be useful if you want to create a custom connection object for easier dispatch of new s3 methods, while still inheriting the methods from the ConnectorDBI object.

Value

A new ConnectorDBI object

Examples

# Create DBI connector
cnt <- connector_dbi(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:")
cnt

# Create subclass connection
cnt_subclass <- connector_dbi(RSQLite::SQLite(), ":memory:",
  extra_class = "subclass"
)
cnt_subclass
class(cnt_subclass)

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