Module index

Core model-driven storage API.

Persists and retrieves linked data resources independently of the backend holding them. Resources are described by shapes defined with the @metreeca/blue validation library. They are read and written as Resource states, Template retrieval templates and Projection queries, following the data and query models of the @metreeca/qest data-modelling library.

A StoreClient defines the data operations a connector implements against its backend. A Store adds mutation events, transactional execution and lifecycle management, and exposes both surfaces through one object. Connectors typically obtain the management surface from createManagingStore.

StoreClient implementations are expected to fully support the query language defined by @metreeca/qest, including property selection, linked resource expansion, filtering, ordering, and pagination.

CRUD Operations

The StoreClient interface supports conditional resource operations for standard CRUD workflows:

• lookup — Retrieve a resource, narrowed to a validated retrieval template
• create — Add a resource from a validated state to a collection held by another resource
• update — Replace a resource state with a validated state
• delete — Delete a resource identified by a validated entry

Data Loading

For direct data loading, the following unconditional operations bypass existence checks:

• insert — Unconditionally upsert a resource from a validated state
• remove — Unconditionally remove a resource identified by a validated entry

Transactions

execute groups multiple operations into a single unit of work; see Store for atomicity and isolation semantics.

Mutation Events

observe registers a StoreObserver for resource mutations, optionally filtered by resource identifiers and their descendants.

Lifecycle

close releases the resources held by a store, such as database connections, file handles and observer subscriptions.

Shape Validation

Request data is validated against the supplied shape before it reaches the backend:

• model is validated for lookup and create
• state is validated for update and insert against the supplied shape, and for create against the shape of the collected resources

Validation failures surface as a TraceError carrying the collected failure trace.

Error Channel

Every StoreClient method returns a Promise<…>; all errors are delivered as promise rejections, regardless of origin:

• RangeError — malformed entry (not an absolute IRI, contains ? or #), a state whose id conflicts with entry (not nested under it on creation, differing from it otherwise), or a state member filling an identifier slot that is not a single path segment
• TraceError — model or state fails validate against the shape
• Problem — network, storage, or other processing failures

Errors are therefore handled at the call site, with await and try/catch or a chained .catch. The rejection type tells logic errors apart from process errors.

Retrieving Resources

// single resource retrieval with explicit template

const product = await store.lookup({
  entry: "http://example.com/products/1",
  shape: ProductShape,
  model: {
    name: {},
    price: {},
    vendor: { id: {}, name: {} }
  }
});

// collection retrieval with filtering, ordering, and pagination

const catalogue = await store.lookup({
  entry: "http://example.com/products/",
  shape: CatalogueShape,
  model: {
    products: {
      id: {},
      name: {},
      price: {},
      ">=price": 50,        // price ≥ 50
      "~name": "widget",    // name contains "widget"
      "^price": 1,          // sort by price ascending
      "@": 0,               // offset
      "#": 25               // limit
    }
  }
});
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Creating and Updating Resources

// creation within the collection holding the new resource, its identifier minted by the store unless stated

const product = await store.create({
  entry: "http://example.com/products/",
  shape: CatalogueShape,
  model: { products: {} },
  state: {
    name: "Widget",
    price: 29.99,
    vendor: "http://example.com/vendors/acme"
  }
});

await store.update({ entry: "http://example.com/products/42", shape: ProductShape, state: {
  id: "http://example.com/products/42",
  name: "Widget",
  price: 39.99,
  vendor: "http://example.com/vendors/acme"
} });
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Deleting Resources

await store.delete({ entry: "http://example.com/products/42", shape: ProductShape });
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Loading Data

// unconditionally upsert (create or replace)
await store.insert({ entry: "http://example.com/products/42", shape: ProductShape, state: {
  id: "http://example.com/products/42",
  name: "Widget",
  price: 39.99,
  vendor: "http://example.com/vendors/acme"
} });

// unconditionally remove (silently succeeds if absent)
await store.remove({ entry: "http://example.com/products/42", shape: ProductShape });
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Observing Mutations

const unsubscribe = store.observe(mutations => {
  for (const [id, exists] of Object.entries(mutations)) {
    console.log(exists ? "upserted" : "removed", id);
  }
}, "http://example.com/products/");

unsubscribe(); // stop receiving events
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Executing Transactions

await store.execute(async store => {
  await store.create({ entry: catalogue, shape: CatalogueShape, model: { products: {} }, state: product });
  await store.update({ entry: inventory.id, shape: InventoryShape, state: inventory });
});
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