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= AgoRapide, the 'streams-of-water' database".0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000AProperty stream in AgoRapide is the concept of how all data is broken down into single 'key and value' pairs (single -PropertyStreamLine-s) which are stored sequentially as plain text format lines and then never changed.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ASee -PropertyStreamLine- for the actual syntax used.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000AThe resulting 'property stream' is, by its own nature, easy to distribute.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000AIt is also easy to convert into an object oriented format, lessening the 'impedance mismatch' issue between databases and object oriented languages (see -TryParse- and -TryStore-.0x000D0x000ANote that conversion back again is also possible, see -ToPropertyStream-.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ASome examples of what the property stream concept makes easier are:0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A1) Implementing the actual storage.0x000D0x000AAgoRapide offers its own storage mechanism (see -StreamProcessor-).0x000D0x000A(Note that this is not obligatory, see -ARCSync- for how to synchronize AgoRapide from other databases.)0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A2) Preservation of history.0x000D0x000AStoring data in traditional 'database tables' is normally only preserving the current status, with special provisions having to be taken in order to also preserve history. With the property stream concept on the other hand, history is automatically (intrinsically) preserved. (and the traditional 'table' can always be created from the property stream, but not vice versa).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A3) Distribution of data.0x000D0x000AThanks to your data flowing like 'streams-of-water', it can be piped wherever convenient (by a publish / subscribe mechanism), to caches, to sub-systems and so on (see -StreamProcessor-, -Subscription- and -ClientUpdatePosition-).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A4) Security.0x000D0x000AInstead of a traditional API connecting to a 'complete' database backend (with the corresponding security implications), you can have non-sensitive data streamed to dedicated API nodes. Because these nodes can only serve non-sensitive data, they are easier to implement in a secure manner.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A5) Coherent representation throughout your application.0x000D0x000AThe same format is used 'everywhere' like:0x000D0x000Aa) In the storage file: 'dt/Customer/42/FirstName = John'0x000D0x000Ab) As an HTTP API call: 'yourapi.com/RQ/dt/Customer/42/FirstName = John'0x000D0x000Ac) As a query (through API or otherwise): 'yourapi.com/RQ/dt/Customer/42'0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A6) Load-balancing.0x000D0x000A(see -Sharding-).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A7) Fault-tolerance.0x000D0x000A(see -MultipleConnectionUsage-).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000A8) Always up-to-date incremental backup.0x000D0x000AA backup node can simply subscribe to -IsAll-, '+*', and thereby keep an always current backup).0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ANote especially how distributed systems are easy to implement with AgoRapide because synchronizing data across different -ARNodeType- is very easy when properties 'flow like water'.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000AFor serialization of objects see -ToPropertyStream- and0x000D0x000Afor deserialization see -ParseAndStore-.0x000D0x000A0x000D0x000ASee also -EventSourcing-, -RegStream- and -EventStream-.

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