README.md

# Ets

`:ets`, the Elixir way

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Ets is a set of Elixir modules that wrap Erlang Term Storage (`:ets`).

## Design Goals

The purpose of this package is to improve the developer experience when both learning and interacting with Erlang Term Storage.

This will be accomplished by:

* Conforming to Elixir standards:
  * Two versions of all functions:
    * Main function (e.g. `get`) returns `{:ok, return}`/`{:error, reason}` tuples.
    * Bang function (e.g. `get!`) returns unwrapped value or raises on :error.
  * All options specified via keyword list.
* Wrapping unhelpful `ArgumentError`'s with appropriate error returns.
  * Avoid adding performance overhead by using try/rescue instead of pre-validation
  * On rescue, try to determine what went wrong (e.g. missing table) and return appropriate error
  * Fall back to `{:error, :unknown_error}` (logging details) if unable to determine reason.
* Appropriate error returns/raises when encountering `$end_of_table`.
* Providing Elixir friendly documentation.
* Providing `Ets.Set` and `Ets.Bag` modules with appropriate function signatures and error handling.
  * `Ets.Set.get` returns a single item (or nil/provided default) instead of list as sets never have multiple records for a key.
* Providing abstractions on top of the two base modules for specific usages
  * `Ets.Set.KeyValueSet` abstracts away the concept of tuple records, replacing it with standard key/value interactions.

## Changes

For a list of changes, see the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md)

## Usage

### Creating Ets Tables

Ets Tables can be created using the `new` function of the appropriate module, either `Ets.Set`
(for ordered and unordered sets) or `Ets.Bag` (for duplicate or non-duplicate bags).
See module documentation for more examples and documentation, including a guide on [What type of Ets table should I use?](lib/ets.ex).

#### Create Examples

```elixir
iex> {:ok, set} = Set.new(ordered: true, keypos: 3, read_concurrency: true, compressed: false)
iex> Set.info!(set)[:read_concurrency]
true

# Named :ets tables via the name keyword
iex> {:ok, set} = Set.new(name: :my_ets_table)
iex> Set.info!(set)[:name]
:my_ets_table
iex> {:ok, set} = Set.wrap_existing(:my_ets_table)
iex> set = Set.wrap_existing!(:my_ets_table)
```

### Adding/Updating/Retrieving records in Sets

To add records to an Ets table, use `put` or `put_new` with a tuple record or a list of tuple records.
`put` will overwrite existing records with the same key. `put_new` not insert if the key
already exists. When passing a list of tuple records, all records are inserted in an atomic and
isolated manner, but with `put_new` no records are inserted if at least one existing key is found.

#### Set Examples

```elixir
iex> set = Set.new!(ordered: true)
iex> |> Set.put!({:a, :b})
iex> |> Set.put!({:a, :c}) # Overwrites entry from previous line
iex> |> Set.put!({:c, :d})
iex> Set.get(:a)
{:ok, {:a, :c}}
iex> Set.to_list()
{:ok, [{:a, :c}, {:c, :d}]}

iex> Set.new!(ordered: true)
iex> |> Set.put!({:a, :b})
iex> |> Set.put_new!({:a, :c}) # Doesn't insert due to key :a already existing
iex> |> Set.to_list!()
[{:a, :b}]
```

#### Bag Examples

```elixir
iex> bag = Bag.new!()
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :b})
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :c})
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :c}) # Adds dude to duplicate: true
iex> |> Bag.add!({:c, :d})
iex> Bag.lookup(:a)
{:ok, [{:a, :b}, {:a, :c}, {:a, :c}]}
iex> Bag.to_list(bag)
{:ok, [{:a, :b}, {:a, :c}, {:a, :c}, {:c, :d}]}
iex> Bag.add_new!(bag, {:a, :z}) # Doesn't add due to key :a already existing
iex> Bag.to_list(bag)
{:ok, [{:a, :b}, {:a, :c}, {:a, :c}, {:c, :d}]}

iex> bag = Bag.new!(duplicate: false)
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :b})
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :c})
iex> |> Bag.add!({:a, :c}) # Doesn't add dude to duplicate: false
iex> |> Bag.add!({:c, :d})
iex> Bag.lookup(:a)
{:ok, [{:a, :b}, {:a, :c}]}
iex> Bag.to_list()
{:ok, [{:a, :b}, {:a, :c}, {:c, :d}]}
```

## Current Progress

### Base Modules

* [X] `Ets`
  * [X] All
* [X] `Ets.Set`
  * [x] Put (insert)
  * [x] Get (lookup)
  * [x] Get Element
  * [X] Delete
  * [X] Delete All
  * [X] First
  * [X] Next
  * [X] Last
  * [X] Previous
  * [X] Match
  * [X] Select
  * [X] Select Delete
  * [X] Has Key (Member)
  * [X] Info
  * [X] Delete
  * [X] To List (tab2list)
  * [X] Wrap
* [X] `Ets.Bag`
  * [x] Add (insert)
  * [x] Lookup
  * [x] Lookup Element
  * [X] Delete
  * [X] Delete All
  * [X] Match
  * [X] Select
  * [X] Select Delete
  * [X] Has Key (Member)
  * [X] Info
  * [X] Delete
  * [X] To List (tab2list)
  * [X] Wrap

### Abstractions

* [X] `Ets.Set.KeyValueSet`
  * [x] New
  * [x] Wrap Existing
  * [x] Put
  * [x] Put New
  * [x] Get
  * [x] Info
  * [x] Get Table
  * [x] First
  * [x] Last
  * [x] Next
  * [x] Previous
  * [x] Has Key
  * [x] Delete
  * [x] Delete Key
  * [x] Delete All
  * [x] To List

## Installation

`Ets` can be installed by adding `ets` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
  [
    {:ets, "~> 0.7.0"}
  ]
end
```

Docs can be found at [https://hexdocs.pm/ets](https://hexdocs.pm/ets).

## Contributing

Contributions welcome. Specifically looking to:

* Add remainder of functions ([See Erlang Docs](http://erlang.org/doc/man/ets.html])).
* Discover and add zero-impact recovery for any additional possible `:ets` `ArgumentError`s.