/**
* Starts the replication process. $printStatus can be used to print the
* status of the continuous replication to the STDOUT. The $getFinalReport
* can be used to enable/disable returning of an array containing the
* replication report in case of continuous replication. This is useful
* when there are large number of documents. So when the replication is
* continuous,to see the status set $printStatus to true and $getFinalReport
* to false.
*
* @param string $logFile
* @return array
* @throws HTTPException
* @throws \Exception
*/
public function start($printStatus = true, $getFinalReport = false)
{
// DB info (via GET /{db}) for source and target.
list($sourceInfo, $targetInfo) = $this->verifyPeers($this->source, $this->target, $this->task);
$this->task->setRepId($this->generateReplicationId());
// Replication log (via GET /{db}/_local/{docid}) for source and target.
list($sourceLog, $targetLog) = $this->getReplicationLog();
$this->task->setSinceSeq($this->compareReplicationLogs($sourceLog, $targetLog));
// Main replication processing
$response = $this->locateChangedDocumentsAndReplicate($printStatus, $getFinalReport);
$this->ensureFullCommit();
// Return the details of the replication.
return $response;
}
