Norm

Norm is an utility built on top of Anorm to be used in playframework scala projects. It's not a complete ORM with a lot of complex things.

Why

1. Because repeating yourself is boring. For simple cases, when you create 2 or 3 classes(models?) to access the database, you'll end up writting a lot of the same things.
2. Because to learn even a new idiomatic way to write the same old sql is not a great innovation

Should I use it?

1. If you're writting a very complex model (joins, inheritance,...) - for now - No
2. If you're not comfortable with unchecked type - No
3. If you want transaction between models - for now - No
4. If you have a lot of models with simple access pattern and don't want to learn a new way to access SQL dbs - yes

Getting Start

1. Add Norm to your project:

This project is not published yet, so just copy the file norm.scala to your project.

2. Create a model class extending Norm:

  import models.frameworks.{NormCompanion, Norm}
  import java.math.BigDecimal

  case class Product(
    id:              Long,
    var name:        String,
    var description: Option[String],
    var price:       BigDecimal,
    var taxRange:    Int,
    var inStock:     Boolean) extends Norm[Product]


  object Product extends NormCompanion[Product]

3. Inserting a product:

   val optionId = Product.create(
       Map(
         "name"        ->  "productName",
         "description" ->  "productDescription",
         "price"       ->  new BigDecimal("10.00"),
         "taxRange"    ->  2,
         "inStock"     ->  true
       )
     )

4. Updating a product

   product.name        = newProductName
   product.description = newDescription
   product.price       = newPrice
   product.taxRange    = newTaxRange
   product.inStock     = newInStock
   product.update()

5. Partial update

   product.update(
     Map(
       "name"        -> newProductName,
       "description" -> newDescription
     )
   )

6. Find a product

val product = Product.find(2l) // by id 2l

val productOption = Product.findOption(2l) // by id 2l

val products = Product.findByProperty("name", someName)

More details see the tests