A java-based object-database-binding on top of JDBC inspired by Rails ActiveRecord.
This library requires Java 8, JDBC and any JDBC DB-driver with a configured database. Additionally, JSR 305: Annotations for Software Defect Detection in Java is required for code-quality improvements. It can be obtained via the Maven Repo.
This library is based upon Java 8 due to its use of java.util.stream.Stream for record retrieval.
The test cases use junit 4 and are executed with hsqldb, sqlite-jdbc, mysql-connector-java and with postgresql which are all automatically managed in their latest version via Maven.
The tests are run at regular intervals and also with JaCoCoverage to make sure, all essential code is being tested.
Record: the java-object which represents a row in the underlying database, a subtype (class or interface) of de.doe300.activerecord.record.ActiveRecord.
RecordBase: the base-class for all Records of the same type, equivalent to one table in the database. This class also provides methods to retrieve or find records for this type.
RecordCore: the core-class managing the RecordBases and the JDBC connection.
RecordStore: the wrapper for the database-connection. JDBC-based RecordStore is provided by this library. Additional RecordStores can be added easily.
There are 3 ways to use JActiveRecord which differ only in the type of the record, see RecordTypes:
- Use an Interface (which extends ActiveRecord) as record-type. Instances of this Interface will be automatically created and maintained via Java's Proxy-API.
- Use a plain-old-java-object (POJO) to be managed by the corresponding RecordBase. The class must implement ActiveRecord and provide a public constructor accepting the record's ID (Integer) and the RecordBase and should not be instantiated outside of JActiveRecord to prevent confusion. This version of ActiveRecord supports class hierarchy via the Single Table Inheritance principle (all objects of the class and its subclasses are stored in the same table) by annotating with SingleTableInheritance. Thus the subclasses can't introduce new persistent attributes but re-use the attributes defined by the super-class and override its methods.
- Use an Interface or a plain-old-java-object and add attributes via AddAttribute and AddAttributes. This will run an AnnotationProcessor generating an interface in the same package as the originating type containing the getter- and setter-methods for the specified attributes, see Generators.
For an example on how to use it, see the test-cases, especially TestActiveRecordSyntax and the TestInterface and TestPOJO or Wiki: RecordType.
For a list of additional features and extensions, see doe300/jactiverecord-extensions.