JaQuWhat is JaQuDifferences to Other Data Access Tools Current State Building the JaQu Library Requirements Example Code Configuration Natural Syntax Other Ideas Similar Projects What is JaQuJaQu stands for Java Query and allows to access databases using pure Java. JaQu provides a fluent interface (or internal DSL). JaQu is something like LINQ for Java (LINQ stands for "language integrated query" and is a Microsoft .NET technology). The following JaQu code: Product p = new Product(); List<Product> soldOutProducts = db.from(p).where(p.unitsInStock).is(0).select(); stands for the SQL statement: SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS P WHERE P.UNITS_IN_STOCK = 0 Differences to Other Data Access ToolsUnlike SQL, JaQu can be easily integrated in Java applications. Because JaQu is pure Java, auto-complete in the IDE is supported. Type checking is performed by the compiler. JaQu fully protects against SQL injection. JaQu is meant as replacement for JDBC and SQL and not as much as a replacement for tools like Hibernate. With JaQu, you don't write SQL statements as strings. JaQu is much smaller and simpler than other persistence frameworks such as Hibernate, but it also does not provide all the features of those. Unlike iBatis and Hibernate, no XML or annotation based configuration is required; instead the configuration (if required at all) is done in pure Java, within the application. JaQu does not require or contain any data caching mechanism. Like JDBC and iBatis, JaQu provides full control over when and what SQL statements are executed (but without having to write SQL statements as strings). Restrictions
Primitive types (eg. Why in Java?Most applications are written in Java. Mixing Java and another language (for example Scala or Groovy) in the same application is complicated: you would need to split the application and database code, and write adapter / wrapper code. Current StateCurrently, JaQu is only tested with the H2 database. The API may change in future versions. JaQu is not part of the h2 jar file, however the source code is included in H2, under:
Building the JaQu Library
To create the JaQu jar file, run: RequirementsJaQu requires Java 1.5. Annotations are not need. Currently, JaQu is only tested with the H2 database engine, however in theory it should work with any database that supports the JDBC API. Example Codepackage org.h2.test.jaqu; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.List; import org.h2.jaqu.Db; import static org.h2.jaqu.Function.*; public class Test { Db db; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { new SamplesTest().test(); } public void test() throws Exception { db = Db.open("jdbc:h2:mem:", "sa", "sa"); db.insertAll(Product.getProductList()); db.insertAll(Customer.getCustomerList()); db.insertAll(Order.getOrderList()); testLength(); testCount(); testGroup(); testSelectManyCompoundFrom2(); testWhereSimple4(); testSelectSimple2(); testAnonymousTypes3(); testWhereSimple2(); testWhereSimple3(); db.close(); } private void testWhereSimple2() throws Exception { Product p = new Product(); List<Product> soldOutProducts = db.from(p). where(p.unitsInStock).is(0). orderBy(p.productId).select(); } private void testWhereSimple3() throws Exception { Product p = new Product(); List<Product> expensiveInStockProducts = db.from(p). where(p.unitsInStock).bigger(0). and(p.unitPrice).bigger(3.0). orderBy(p.productId).select(); } private void testWhereSimple4() throws Exception { Customer c = new Customer(); List<Customer> waCustomers = db.from(c). where(c.region).is("WA"). select(); } private void testSelectSimple2() throws Exception { Product p = new Product(); List<String> productNames = db.from(p). orderBy(p.productId).select(p.productName); } public static class ProductPrice { public String productName; public String category; public Double price; } private void testAnonymousTypes3() throws Exception { final Product p = new Product(); List<ProductPrice> productInfos = db.from(p).orderBy(p.productId). select(new ProductPrice() {{ productName = p.productName; category = p.category; price = p.unitPrice; }}); } public static class CustOrder { public String customerId; public Integer orderId; public BigDecimal total; } private void testSelectManyCompoundFrom2() throws Exception { final Customer c = new Customer(); final Order o = new Order(); List<CustOrder> orders = db.from(c). innerJoin(o).on(c.customerId).is(o.customerId). where(o.total).smaller(new BigDecimal("500.00")). orderBy(1). select(new CustOrder() {{ customerId = c.customerId; orderId = o.orderId; total = o.total; }}); } private void testLength() throws Exception { Product p = new Product(); List<Integer> lengths = db.from(p). where(length(p.productName)).smaller(10). orderBy(1). selectDistinct(length(p.productName)); } private void testCount() throws Exception { long count = db.from(new Product()).selectCount(); } public static class ProductGroup { public String category; public Long productCount; } private void testGroup() throws Exception { final Product p = new Product(); List<ProductGroup> list = db.from(p). groupBy(p.category). orderBy(1). select(new ProductGroup() {{ category = p.category; productCount = count(); }}); } } Configuration
JaQu does not require any configuration when using the default field to column mapping.
To define table indices, or if you want to map a class to a table with a different name,
or a field to a column with another name, create a function called import static org.h2.jaqu.Define.*; public class Product implements Table { public Integer productId; public String productName; public String category; public Double unitPrice; public Integer unitsInStock; public void define() { tableName("Product"); primaryKey(productId); index(productName, category); } }
The method Natural SyntaxThe plan is to support more natural (pure Java) syntax in conditions. To do that, the condition class is de-compiled to a SQL condition. A proof of concept decompiler is included (but it doesn't fully work yet; patches are welcome). The planned syntax is: long count = db.from(co). where(new Filter() { public boolean where() { return co.id == x && co.name.equals(name) && co.value == new BigDecimal("1") && co.amount == 1L && co.birthday.before(new java.util.Date()) && co.created.before(java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2005-05-05 05:05:05")) && co.time.before(java.sql.Time.valueOf("23:23:23")); } }).selectCount(); Other IdeasThis project has just been started, and nothing is fixed yet. Some ideas are:
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