adapter

An abstract adapter class for mekanika adapters.

Alpha release

Overview

adapter is a method for instantiating new Adapter classes, and returning those adapter instances from an internal cache once declared.

Adapters are designed to map Qo - Query objects to a given service (such as a REST API, a database, a filesystem, etc). Typically they will sit on top of a service driver, and do little more than error check the Qo and translate it into a format the driver can process, finally passing (err, res) back to the callback.

Adapters should by definition be extremely lightweight. Their only 'smart' is their translation layer between Qo and driver APIs. In exceptional circumstances where a driver API is significantly simpler than the default set of Qo actions, an adapter may implement Qo actions via the driver API.

In general an adapter will map as much of the Qo specification that is natively supported by the underlying driver.

Usage

New Adapters are instantiated as follows:

  var myadapter = adapter.new( 'myadapter', defaultConfig );
  // adapter('myadapter') instanceof adapter.Adapter
  // -> true

adapter cache (statics)

All adapters can be retrieved using the adapter( name ) format, and are stored in the adapter cache.

adapter has the following static methods:

• .list() - list all declared adapter keys
• .has( id ) - boolean existence for an adapter
• .remove( id ) - removes an adapter from the cache
• .reset() - flush the cache

Creating new Adapters

Adapters map a query request object to corresponding actions of a particular service. To do this, adapters must implement an .exec( query, cb ) method that:

• parses the Qo - Query object
• Maps the query request to some action (ie. do something)
• then runs the cb callback passing cb( err, res )
  • err: Error object or null
  • res: Results of successful execution (or undefined)

Adapter Class

All Adapters are EventEmitters (based on EventEmitter2)

The initial Adapter class is very simple:

var moo = adapter.new( 'moo', {prop: true} );
// -> { identity: 'moo', config: {prop: true} }

On the Prototype

• config - Empty {} object (used to store config)
• exec() - Stub that throws Error('Not implemented')

Implementing .exec( query, cb )

Action: Find

Two paths for finding records, either via:

Identifiers

• List of ids to 'find' {identifiers: ['xyz']}

Constraints

• WHERE field OPERATOR $value [{field:'name', operator:'eq', condition:'joe'}]

Action: Update

There are two (independent) update paths, updating via either/or:

Modifiers

• SET field to VALUE {set: $field, value: $value}
• INCR field by AMOUNT {inc: $field, value: $value} (can be negative)

Content

• Content to modify content: [ {vip: true} ]

Where multiple identifiers are set, the content or modifiers should be applied to all ids. If no identifiers are set, the update will be applied to where conditions, eg:

{
  action: 'update',
  resource: 'users',
  modifiers: [{set:'vip', value: true}],
  where: [{field:'points', operator:'gte', constraint:500}]
}
// Sets 'vip' to true on users who have points >= 500

Installation

npm install --production

For development, requires globally installed:

• mocha
• browserify
• jshint
• istanbul

License

MIT