Connection

Name	Type	Description
`host`	string	the host we are connected to
`port`	number	the port we are connected to
`namespace`	string	the namespace we are connected to
`sharedmemory`	boolean	true if shared memory is used for communication. This value should be equal to the return value of isUsingSharedMemory. By default it is set to true.
`logfile`	string	the path of the file used for the communication logging if logging is enabled.If it starts with "+" any existing file with the same name gets truncated. If it starts with "-" the logging is skipped. Default value is "-".
`protocolVersion`	number	the version of the protocol used for the communication
`compactDouble`	boolean	true if the server can interpret compressed double values
`serverLocale`	string	the locale of the server we are connected to. The value depends on the supported by the IRIS server locales and follow the Node.js locale name convensions described in the util.TextDecoder class.
`timeout`	number	the timeout of the connection (seconds), used during connection establishment. By default timeout is set to 10.

Closes the connection to the IRIS instance, if open.

Creates an instance of the Iris class.

Throws:

If connection if closed (No Iris on closed connection)

Returns:

An instance of
Iris.

Checks whether the connection is closed.

Returns:

true if connection is closed, false otherwise

Checks whether the connection is open and is using shared memory.

Returns:

true if the connection has an open shared memory connection, false otherwise.

Returns a string representation of the connection.

Returns:

the string representation of the connection or "Not connected yet" if a connection has not been established