As an experiment, I've written a DSL that generates database queries using
*effectively* only the data. The query logic is derived from the data
assemblance and choice of data structures (or types). I am at the stage
where I have all the logic working, and I am now moving into perf testing
and tuning. BUT, before I do, there's this one hack I have implemented that
has me asking the this question.
As I wrote the DSL I ran out of data structure types to account for a few
defined meanings within the query logic. As a short term hack I decided to
attach meta data to symbols where the meta data contained a data value
along with, for example, a sort option. I only intended for this to be
short term until I got around to figuring out the semantics of Clojure's
deftype or defrecord.
Here's the hack:
(defn object [v m]
(let [id (gensym #"object#")]
(with-meta id
(merge m {:default v :id id}))))
(defn object? [o]
(if-let [it (meta o)]
(if (= (it :id) o)
true false)
false))
(defn inspect
([o]
(inspect o nil))
([o & xs]
(if-let [it (meta o)]
(if (= (:id it) o)
(if-let [x (first xs)]
(if (coll? x)
(select-keys it x)
(x it))
it)))))
(defn instance
([o]
(instance o nil))
([o & args]
(if-let [it (meta o)]
(if (= (:id it) o)
(if-let [x (:default it)]
(if (fn? x)
(if-let [args (or (and (some identity args) args) (it
:args))]
(apply x args)
(x))
x)
it)))))
=> (def o (object #(java.util.UUID/randomUUID){:sort '>})
object#24397
=> (object? o))
true
=> (instance o)
#uuid "3c9cca8b-59e2-46b2-9175-468de3a21a22"
=> (inspect o :sort))
>
So now I've been reading up on Clojure's deftypes & defrecords and while it
I expect they are both considered the right tool for the job,
everything I read seems like overly complicated bloat code compared to my
hack. Am I missing something? Is this a case where you wouldn't be caught
dead using the above hack? Why or why not?
As I see it: I'm not creating and/or holding millions of objects that would
need to be shared, altered or held onto. These have relatively short lives
that only serve in compiling to a different query language. Type hints or
java interop really shouldn't matter.
Notes:
1. While the above function names may carry OO concepts, these functions
are not intended to fulfil all of them them; rather they only fill a
specific functionality gap that appears to meet my needs.
2. I realize one wouldn't sort on a UUID, it's just an example to show the
functionality. :)
Thanks,
Tim
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