extensions.adoc

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To retrieve a list of SWCharacter objects in Java, you would normally write the following:

Flux<SWCharacter> characters = template.query(SWCharacter.class).inTable("star-wars").all()

With Kotlin and the Spring Data extensions, you can instead write the following:

val characters = template.query<SWCharacter>().inTable("star-wars").all()
// or (both are equivalent)
val characters : Flux<SWCharacter> = template.query().inTable("star-wars").all()

As in Java, characters in Kotlin is strongly typed, but Kotlin’s clever type inference allows for shorter syntax.

Type-safe Queries for Kotlin

Kotlin embraces domain-specific language creation through its language syntax and its extension system. Spring Data MongoDB ships with a Kotlin Extension for Criteria using Kotlin property references to build type-safe queries. Queries using this extension are typically benefit from improved readability. Most keywords on Criteria have a matching Kotlin extension, such as inValues and regex.

Consider the following example explaining Type-safe Queries:

import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.*

mongoOperations.find<Book>(
  Query(Book::title isEqualTo "Moby-Dick")               (1)
)

mongoOperations.find<Book>(
  Query(titlePredicate = Book::title exists true)
)

mongoOperations.find<Book>(
  Query(
    Criteria().andOperator(
      Book::price gt 5,
      Book::price lt 10
    ))
)

// Binary operators
mongoOperations.find<BinaryMessage>(
  Query(BinaryMessage::payload bits { allClear(0b101) }) (2)
)

// Nested Properties (i.e. refer to "book.author")
mongoOperations.find<Book>(
  Query(Book::author / Author::name regex "^H")          (3)
)

1. isEqualTo() is an infix extension function with receiver type KProperty<T> that returns Criteria.

2. For bitwise operators, pass a lambda argument where you call one of the methods of Criteria.BitwiseCriteriaOperators.

3. To construct nested properties, use the / character (overloaded operator div).