objectbox / objectbox/objectbox-dart
Ability to pass ID to Box creation
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Since Oct 14, 2024.
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Description
Is there an existing issue?
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Use case
I have one entity used for dynamically created data categories. Each of these categories is independent and handled by a separate isolate.
Proposed solution
Allow an optional identifier to be passed to the Box object when it is created:
final fooBox = store.box<CommonEntity>(id: 'foo')
final barBox = store.box<CommonEntity>(id: 'bar')
Describe alternatives you've considered
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One Box for all categories. This has few big downsides:
- concurrent access via separate Isolates (or threads in future Dart version) is not efficient and performant due to need of lock mechanism / transactions
- data size is larger (every entry would have to have an additional parameter, assigning it to a separate category)
- accessing data from single category unnecessary complicates the query (this additional param have to be included).
This also slows down read, because whole data from different categories is kept in one place
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Separate store for each category. This is overkill to have one store-one box setup
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Create separate entity for each category. This is not possible, because amount of categories and categories themselves are dynamic
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