import ballerina/io;

type Employee record {
    readonly string firstName;
    readonly string lastName;
    int salary;
};

public function main() {
    // `t` has a key sequence with `firstName` and `lastName` fields.
    table<Employee> key(firstName, lastName) t = table [
        {firstName: "John", lastName: "Smith", salary: 100},
        {firstName: "Fred", lastName: "Bloggs", salary: 200}
    ];

    // The key sequence provides keyed access to members of the `table`.
    Employee? e = t["Fred", "Bloggs"];
    
    io:println(e);
}

Multiple Key Fields

A table provides access to its members using a key that comes from the read-only fields of the member. It is a key sequence, which is used to provide keyed access to its members. The key sequence is an ordered sequence of field names.

 
import ballerina/io;

type Employee record {
    readonly string firstName;
    readonly string lastName;
    int salary;
};

public function main() {

    table<Employee> key(firstName, lastName) t = table [
        {firstName: "John", lastName: "Smith", salary: 100},
        {firstName: "Fred", lastName: "Bloggs", salary: 200}
    ];

t has a key sequence with firstName and lastName fields.

 
    Employee? e = t["Fred", "Bloggs"];
    
    io:println(e);
}

The key sequence provides keyed access to members of the table.

 
bal run multiple_key_fields.bal
{"firstName":"Fred","lastName":"Bloggs","salary":200}