Generate classy lens for your Persistent fields. For example:
{-# LANGUAGE EmptyDataDecls #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
import Control.Lens (Lens', (^.), lens)
import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
import Database.Persist
import Database.Persist.Sqlite
import Database.Persist.TH
import Database.Persist.TH.Classy
$(mkClassyClass "name")
$(mkClassyClass "age")
$(mkClassyClass "title")
$(mkClassyClass "authorId")
share
[mkPersist sqlSettings, mkMigrate "migrateAll", mkClassyInstances]
[persistLowerCase|
Person
name String
age Int Maybe
deriving Show
BlogPost
title String
authorId PersonId
deriving Show
|]
main :: IO ()
main =
runSqlite ":memory:" $ do
runMigration migrateAll
let johnDoe = Person "John Doe" $ Just 35
johnId <- insert johnDoe
liftIO $ print $ johnDoe ^. name
liftIO $ print $ johnDoe ^. age
let post = BlogPost "My fr1st p0st" johnId
liftIO $ print $ post ^. title
This would essentially generate this additional code:
class HasName ev a | ev -> a where
name :: Lens' ev a
class HasAge ev a | ev -> a where
age :: Lens' ev a
class HasTitle ev a | ev -> a where
title :: Lens' ev a
class HasAuthorId ev a | ev -> a where
authorId :: Lens' ev a
instance HasName Person String where
name = (lens personName) (\ x y -> x {personName = y})
instance HasAge Person Int where
age = (lens personAge) (\ x y -> x {personAge = y})
instance HasTitle BlogPost String where
title = (lens blogPostTitle) (\ x y -> x {blogPostTitle = y})
instance HasAuthorId BlogPost PersonId where
authorId
= (lens blogPostAuthorId) (\ x y -> x {blogPostAuthorId = y})
Class-generation is separated from instance-generation because it's wise to keep it in a single place in your project and reuse with a non-persistent code.