Ecto Shortcuts

readme.md

Ecto Shortcuts

Intended Usage

Just put use Ecto.Shortcuts in your Ecto model or call it in the model method in the web/web.ex of your Phoenix app.

defmodule PhoenixApp.User do
  use PhoenixApp.Web, :model
  use Ecto.Shortcuts
end

You can now call get/1, all/0, delete/1, etc on the model directly:

User.all
# instead of PhoenixApp.Repo.all(User)

User.get(2)
# instead of PhoenixApp.Repo.get(User, 2)

Concerns

1. Is the naming scheme correct? (i.e. is Ecto.Shortcuts a good name?)
2. Is doing this a good idea?
3. Are there any anti-patterns in the code?
4. Am I using macros correctly?
5. What should I keep in mind while publishing this as a hex package?

ecto_shortcuts.ex

defmodule Ecto.Shortcuts do
  defmacro __using__(_) do
    quote do
    
      def all do
        apply(kin_module("Repo"), :all, [__MODULE__])
      end

      def get(id) do
        apply(kin_module("Repo"), :get, [__MODULE__, id])
      end
      
      
      ## Other methods
      ## ...


      defp parent_module do
        __MODULE__
        |> Module.split
        |> Enum.drop(-1)
        |> Module.concat
      end

      defp kin_module(name) do
        Module.concat(parent_module, name)
      end

    end
  end
end