Slick 2.0 Generic CRUD operations - postgresql

Question

I've been looking around on how to implement a generic trait for commons CRUD and other kinds of operations, I looked at this and this and the method specified are working well.
What I would like to have is a generic method for insertion, my class looks like this at the moment (non generic implementation):
object CampaignModel {
val campaigns = TableQuery[Campaign]
def insert(campaign: CampaignRow)(implicit s: Session) = {
campaigns.insert(campaign)
}
}
What I tried so far, following the first link, was this (generic implementation):
trait PostgresGeneric[T <: Table[A], A] {
val tableReference = TableQuery[T]
def insertGeneric(row: ? What type goes here ?)(implicit s: Session) = tableReference.insert(row)
}
When I inspect the insert method it looks like the right type should be T#TableElementType but my knowledge is pretty basic and I can't wrap my head around types, I tried T and A and the compiler says that the classtype does not conform to the trait one's.
Other infos, the tables are generated with the slick table generation tools
case class CampaignRow(id: Long, name: Option[String])
/** Table description of table campaign. Objects of this class serve as prototypes for rows in queries. */
class Campaign(tag: Tag) extends Table[CampaignRow](tag, "campaign") {
def * = (id, name) <>(CampaignRow.tupled, CampaignRow.unapply)
/** Maps whole row to an option. Useful for outer joins. */
def ? = (id.?, name).shaped.<>({
r => import r._; _1.map(_ => CampaignRow.tupled((_1.get, _2)))
}, (_: Any) => throw new Exception("Inserting into ? projection not supported."))
/** Database column id AutoInc, PrimaryKey */
val id: Column[Long] = column[Long]("id", O.AutoInc, O.PrimaryKey)
/** Database column name */
val name: Column[Option[String]] = column[Option[String]]("name")
}

Answer 1

I managed to make it work, this is my generic trait:
import scala.slick.driver.PostgresDriver
import scala.slick.driver.PostgresDriver.simple._
import path.to.RichTable
trait PostgresGeneric[T <: RichTable[A], A] {
val tableReference: TableQuery[T]
def insert(row: T#TableElementType)(implicit s: Session) =
tableReference.insert(row)
def insertAndGetId(row: T#TableElementType)(implicit s: Session) =
(tableReference returning tableReference.map(_.id)) += row
def deleteById(id: Long)(implicit s: Session): Boolean =
tableReference.filter(_.id === id).delete == 1
def updateById(id: Long, row: T#TableElementType)(implicit s: Session): Boolean =
tableReference.filter(_.id === id).update(row) == 1
def selectById(id: Long)(implicit s: Session): Option[T#TableElementType] =
tableReference.filter(_.id === id).firstOption
def existsById(id: Long)(implicit s: Session): Boolean = {
(for {
row <- tableReference
if row.id === id
} yield row).firstOption.isDefined
}
}
Where RichTable is an abstract class with an id field, this, with the upper bound constraint is useful to get the id field of T#TableElementType (see this for more info):
import scala.slick.driver.PostgresDriver.simple._
import scala.slick.jdbc.{GetResult => GR}
abstract class RichTable[T](tag: Tag, name: String) extends Table[T](tag, name) {
val id: Column[Long] = column[Long]("id", O.PrimaryKey, O.AutoInc)
}
And my campaign table now looks like this:
import scala.slick.driver.PostgresDriver.simple._
import scala.slick.jdbc.{GetResult => GR}
import scala.slick.lifted.TableQuery
case class CampaignRow(id: Long, name: Option[String])
class Campaign(tag: Tag) extends RichTable[CampaignRow](tag, "campaign") {
def * = (id, name) <>(CampaignRow.tupled, CampaignRow.unapply)
def ? = (id.?, name).shaped.<>({
r => import r._; _1.map(_ => CampaignRow.tupled((_1.get, _2)))
}, (_: Any) => throw new Exception("Inserting into ? projection not supported."))
override val id: Column[Long] = column[Long]("id", O.AutoInc, O.PrimaryKey)
val name: Column[Option[String]] = column[Option[String]]("name")
}
The model implementing the generic trait looks like this:
object CampaignModel extends PostgresGeneric[Campaign, CampaignRow] {
override val tableReference: PostgresDriver.simple.TableQuery[Tables.Campaign] =
TableQuery[Campaign]
def insertCampaign(row: CampaignRow) = {
insert(CampaignRow(0, "test"))
}
}