Connect the in-memory engine¶

The annotated source and generated parts now exist in lib/models.dart. The next step is to construct the in-memory engine and pass it to the generated Dorm facade.

Create one engine instance¶

Create bin/dorm_store.dart with the engine and generated model library:

import 'package:dorm_memory_database/dorm_memory_database.dart';

import 'package:dorm_store/models.dart';

final Engine engine = Engine();
final dorm = Dorm(engine);

Engine() creates an in-process store. Keep the same instance for the part of the application that should share these records. Creating another engine creates another independent store.

Follow the generated accessor¶

The as: #users value in the model annotation produces dorm.users. That accessor contains the generated User entity, and .repository exposes the operations for that entity:

final userRepository = dorm.users.repository;

The generated Dorm type infers the engine's query and page types from the Engine instance. Keep the same dorm value when the application should use the same in-memory store.

Continue with Create and read a user.