defmodule Observable.Repo do @moduledoc """ Defines observable functionality for an `Ecto.Repo`. Observable functionality is defined as the ability to hook into the lifecyle of a struct to perform some kind of work based on the repo action performed. Lets start of with an simple example. Lets say we have a `Post` schema. Each post can have many topics. Users can subscribe to topics. Whenever a post is created, we are responsible for informing the subscribed users. Given the above, lets setup our new "observable" repo. defmodule Repo do use Ecto.Repo, otp_app: :my_app use Observable.Repo end We have defined our repo as normal - but with the addition of `use Observable.Repo` to bring in the required observable functionality. Lets create our new observer now. defmodule SubscribersObserver do use Observable, :observer # Lets ignore posts that dont have any topics. def handle_notify({:insert, %Post{topics: []}}) do :ok end def handle_notify({:insert, %Post{topics: topics}}) do # Do work required to inform subscribed users. end end Now that we have our observer set up, lets modify our Post schema to support notifying our observers. defmodule Post do use Ecto.Schema use Observable, :notifier schema "posts" do field(:title, :string) field(:body, :string) field(:topics, {:array, :string}, default: []) end observations do action(:insert, [SubscribersObserver]) end end The actions must be either `:insert`, `:update`, or `:delete`. We can add as many observers to a given action as needed. Simply add them to the list. For example, we can define an observation for a `:delete` action - which will notify 2 observers: action(:delete, [ObserverOne, ObserverTwo]) Now that we are starting to use "observable" behaviour, we must modify the way in which we insert posts with our repo. def create_post(params \\ %{}) do %Post{} |> Post.changeset(params) |> Repo.insert_and_notify() end Instead of the normal `Ecto.Repo.insert/2` function being called, we instead use `c:insert_and_notify/2`. This performs the exact same action as `Ecto.Repo.insert/2` (and returns the same results). The only change is that upon successful insertion to the database, our observers have their callbacks invoked. Lets say we want to let our users know when a posts topic changes to to something they have subscribed to. We must modify our observer for this functionality. def handle_notify({:update, [%Post{topics: old_topics}, %Post{topics: new_topics}]}) when old_topics != new_topics do # Get any additional topics and inform subscribed users. end # Define a "catch all" def handle_notify(_) do :ok end Now, lets modify our schema to reflect the updates to our observer. observations do action(:insert, [SubscribersObserver]) action(:update, [SubscribersObserver]) end Given the above, we can now notify users during updates. def update_post(post, params \\ %{}) do post |> Post.changeset(params) |> Repo.update_and_notify() end All of the functionality above can be carried over with a `action(:delete, [SubscribersObserver])` observation and the `c:delete_and_notify/2` function being invoked. """ @doc """ Inserts a struct defined via `Ecto.Schema` or a changeset and informs observers. Upon success, the newly insterted struct is passed to any observer that was assigned to observe the `:insert` action for the schema. The operation is wrapped in a transaction and will rollback if any observer raises an error. This will return whatever response that `c:Ecto.Repo.insert/2` returns. Please see its documentation for further details. """ @callback insert_and_notify( struct_or_changeset :: Ecto.Schema.t() | Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t() ) :: {:ok, Ecto.Schema.t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()} @doc """ Same as `c:insert_and_notify/2` but returns the struct or raises if the changeset is invalid. """ @callback insert_and_notify!( struct_or_changeset :: Ecto.Schema.t() | Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t() ) :: Ecto.Schema.t() | no_return @doc """ Updates a changeset using its primary key and informs observers. Upon success, the old struct and updated struct are passed in list form - `[old_struct, updated_struct]` - to any observer that was assigned to observe the `:update` action for the schema. The operation is wrapped in a transaction and will rollback if any observer raises an error. This will return whatever response that `c:Ecto.Repo.update/2` returns. Please see its documentation for further details. """ @callback update_and_notify(changeset :: Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t()) :: {:ok, Ecto.Schema.t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()} @doc """ Same as `c:update_and_notify/2` but returns the struct or raises if the changeset is invalid. """ @callback update_and_notify!(changeset :: Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t()) :: {:ok, Ecto.Schema.t()} | no_return @doc """ Deletes a struct using its primary key and informs observers. Upon success, the deleted struct is passed to any observer that was assigned to observe the `:delete` action for the schema. The operation is wrapped in a transaction and will rollback if any observer raises an error. This will return whatever response that `c:Ecto.Repo.delete/2` returns. Please see its documentation for further details. """ @callback delete_and_notify( struct_or_changeset :: Ecto.Schema.t() | Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t() ) :: {:ok, Ecto.Schema.t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()} @doc """ Same as `c:delete_and_notify/2` but returns the struct or raises if the changeset is invalid. """ @callback delete_and_notify!( struct_or_changeset :: Ecto.Schema.t() | Ecto.Changeset.t(), opts :: Keyword.t() ) :: {:ok, Ecto.Schema.t()} | no_return defmacro __using__(_opts) do quote do @behaviour Observable.Repo def insert_and_notify(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> with {:ok, struct} <- insert(struct, opts) do Observable.notify(struct, :insert) {:ok, struct} end end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end def insert_and_notify!(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> struct = insert!(struct, opts) Observable.notify(struct, :insert) struct end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end def update_and_notify(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> with {:ok, new_struct} <- update(struct, opts) do Observable.notify([struct.data, new_struct], :update) {:ok, new_struct} end end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end def update_and_notify!(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> new_struct = update!(struct, opts) Observable.notify([struct.data, new_struct], :update) new_struct end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end def delete_and_notify(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> with {:ok, struct} <- delete(struct, opts) do Observable.notify(struct, :delete) {:ok, struct} end end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end def delete_and_notify!(struct, opts \\ []) do fn -> struct = delete!(struct, opts) Observable.notify(struct, :delete) struct end |> transaction() |> elem(1) end end end end