The largest number of child nodes that should be linked to before refactoring the tree to split this node into two. This property has a side-effect on MinimumChildNodes to ensure that it continues to be at most half of MaximumChildNodes.
            
            
            
Syntax
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Public Property MaximumChildNodes As Integer  | 
 
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public int MaximumChildNodes {get; set;} | 
 
            
            
            Property Value
A number in the range of 4 to 256.
 
            
			
			
            
            
            
Example
BPlusTree/BPlusTree.Test/TestBulkInsert.cs
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BPlusTreeOptions<int, string> options = Options;
using (TempFile temp = new TempFile())
{
    options = Options;
    temp.Delete();
    //options.CreateFile = CreatePolicy.Always;
    //options.FileName = temp.TempPath;
    options.MaximumValueNodes = 14;
    options.MinimumValueNodes = 7;
    options.MaximumChildNodes = 6;
    options.MinimumChildNodes = 2;
    // Just to make sure we don't break some fencepost condition in the future
    for (int i = 0; i <= (options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes) + 1; i++)
        TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), i);
    TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes);
    TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes + 1);
} | 
 
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Dim options As BPlusTreeOptions(Of Integer, String) = Options
Using temp As New TempFile()
    options = Options
    temp.Delete()
    'options.CreateFile = CreatePolicy.Always;
    'options.FileName = temp.TempPath;
    options.MaximumValueNodes = 14
    options.MinimumValueNodes = 7
    options.MaximumChildNodes = 6
    options.MinimumChildNodes = 2
    ' Just to make sure we don't break some fencepost condition in the future
    Dim i As Integer = 0
    While i <= (options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes) + 1
        TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), i)
        System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1)
    End While
    TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes)
    TestMergeSequenceInFile(options.Clone(), options.MaximumValueNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes * options.MaximumChildNodes + 1)
End Using | 
 
 
            
            
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7
 
            
            
See Also