Prepared Template

When executing a query operation on the space, there's an overhead incurred by translating the query to an internal representation (in object templates the properties values are extracted using reflection, in SQLQuery the expression string is parsed to an expression tree). If the same query is executed over and over again without modification, that overhead can be removed by using prepared templates.

The ISpaceProxy interface provides a method called Snapshot which receives a template or query , translates it to an internal XAP query structure and returns a reference to that structure as IPreparedTemplate<T>. That reference can then be used with any of the proxy's query operations to execute queries on the space in a more efficient manner, since there's no need to translate or parse the query.

In previous versions the Snapshot() method was also used as a workaround for using SQLQuery with blocking operations. Starting 8.0 SQLQuery supports blocking operations out of the box so that workaround is no longer required.


Use ISpaceProxy.Snapshot to create a prepared template from an object template or a SqlQuery.

Creating a prepared template from an object

    Person template= new Person();
    template.Age = 21;
    IPreparedTemplate<Person> preparedTemplate = proxy.Snapshot(template);

Creating a prepared template from SqlQuery

    SqlQuery<Person> query = new SqlQuery<Person>(personTemplate, "Age >= ?");
    query.SetParameter(1, 21);
    IPreparedTemplate<Person> preparedTemplate = proxy.Snapshot(query);

Using the ISpaceProxy.Snapshot method with complex SQL queries is not supported. For more information see the Limitations section of the SqlQuery page.

After creating the prepared template, it can be passed as a template to the Read, Take, ReadMultiple, TakeMultiple, Count and Clear operations, as well as a template when registering for notification.

Taking an object from the space using the prepared template

    Person person = proxy.Take(preparedTemplate);