The very first
Finally sqlite_orm v1.0 is released. This is a first stable version. All future versions with the same major version number will have back-compatibility with this version. If you meet broken compatibility within the same major version please report a bug in the issues section.
Features
- No raw string queries:
forget aboutdb << "SELECT " + idColumnName + " FROM " + myTableName + " WHERE " + idColumnName + " < 10 ORDER BY " + nameColumnName;. Just writestorage.select(&Object::id, where(c(&Object::id) < 10), order_by(&Object::name));instead - Intuitive syntax
most of SQLite3 keywords are provided as functions insqlite_orm:foreign_key,unique,autoincrement,default_value,collate,using_,on,cross_join,natural_join,left_join,join,left_outer_join,inner_join,offset,limit,is_null,is_not_null,in,where,order_by,group_by,between,like,date,datetime,char_,trim,ltrim,rtrim,changes,length,abs,lower,upper,avg,count,sum,max,min,total,group_concat,distinct,all,rowid,oid,_rowid_. Just imagine SQL syntax is provided in your IDE. (Hint: don't forget to addusing namespace sqlite_orm) - Comfortable interface - one code line per single query
yes, there are no service objects required to be declared to make a single query. You can write the most complicated queries within a single semicolon:
storage.select(columns(&Visit::mark, &Visit::visited_at, &Location::place),
inner_join<Location>(on(is_equal(&Visit::location, &Location::id))),
where(is_equal(&Visit::user, id) and
greater_than(&Visit::visited_at, fromDate) and
lesser_than(&Visit::visited_at, toDate) and
lesser_than(&Location::distance, toDistance)),
order_by(&Visit::visited_at));- Built with modern C++14 features (no macros and external scripts)
yes, some ORM libs require scripts/macros to make columns to members mapping work. Butsqlite_ormjust works as is - CRUD support
declare a variable and insert it without any other unnecessary stuff. Next get it by a primary key, update it, remove it or replace it. - Pure select query support
also you can just get astd::vector(or any other STL-compatible container) of any column with or without any desiredwhereconditions. Or you can even select several column in a vector of tuples. - STL compatible
it means two things: 1) select your objects or columns in any STL compatible container (std::list,QListor even nlohmann::json); 2) iterate your objects in C++11 for loop:
for(auto &user : storage.iterate<User>()) {
cout << storage.dump(user) << endl;
}- Custom types binding support
sqlite_ormunderstands implicitly what column type must be by member pointer type you provide. E.g.std::stringmember pointer maps toTEXT,int,longmap toINTEGER,float,doublemap toREAL. But you can also use your custom types if you have it. You can even bind yourenumto be mapped as string or int or whatever. Or even bindboost::optional<T>as nullable generic type. - BLOB support
BLOBSQLite type maps tostd::vector<char>or you can add binding to any other type. - FOREIGN KEY support
you can useFOREIGN KEYwith intuitive syntax:foreign_key(&Visit::location).references(&Location::id). And you don't need to callPRAGMA foreign_keys = 1every time - storage class calls it for you on every database open if there is at least one foreign key exists. - Composite key support
PRIMARY KEYwith several columns also supported. Just writeprimary_key(&User::id, &User::firstName)and your composite key is ready to go. - JOIN support
all kinds ofJOINsupported by SQLite are also supported by the lib. - Transactions support
transaction is one the most important performance improvement tool. There are three different ways to use transactions in the lib to make your code more flexible and stable. - Migrations functionality
sometimes when you use some ORM libs you need to create your database with tables first. Someone performs it at runtime, someone creates all tables with a SQLite client and adds this file in the project assets. Forget about it. Just callsync_schemaand storage will check all tables and columns and if there is something missing it will recreate/alter it.sync_schemaguarantees that schema will be the same as you specified duringmake_storagecall. - Powerful conditions
don't be shy - use any combinations of conditions during selection/deleting. - INDEX support
use indexes as is - just specify member pointer inmake_indexfunction. - Follows single responsibility principle
this is a very important thing which many developers omit - your data model classes must know nothing about storage and other services. It is very useful if your software has a lot of modules and sometimes you change some of them. - Easy integration
single header, no.cppfiles. Useconan,cmakeor just include it as is. - The only dependency
5 seconds required to connect the lib to your project. - C++ standard code style
no 'initcapped' C# like function names, no camel case in public function/classes names. Include it and use it just like it is one of the standard headers. - No undefined behaviour
as you know some code in standard library can produce undefined behaviour (e.g.std::vector<int>()[5]).sqlite_ormcreators do not like undefined behavior at all. So if something goes wrong be ready to catchstd::system_error. By thisstd::system_erroryou can know whether error happened in SQLIte or in the lib by inspecting theerror_category.
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