Materialize a vectra node into a reusable in-memory block

Consumes a vectra node (pulling all batches) and stores the result as a persistent columnar block in memory. Unlike nodes, blocks can be probed repeatedly via block_lookup() without re-scanning.

Usage

materialize(.data)

Arguments

.data

A vectra_node (consumed; cannot be used after this call).

Value

A vectra_block object (external pointer to C-level ColumnBlock).

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
blk <- materialize(tbl("backbone.vtr") |> select(taxonID, canonicalName))
hits <- block_lookup(blk, "canonicalName", c("Quercus robur", "Pinus sylvestris"))
} # }