Inline Embedded Schemas

[numso]

If I'm using Mongo.Collection and I want to define a schema with lots of nesting, I end up having to kind of do it backwards. In this example a Form has Fields has Options. But I need to define the schema first for Option then Field then Form.

defmodule MyApp.Forms.Form do
  use Mongo.Collection

  defmodule Field do
    use Mongo.Collection

    defmodule Option do
      use Mongo.Collection
  
      document do
        attribute :label, String.t()
        attribute :value, String.t()
      end
    end
  
    document do
      attribute :id, String.t()
      attribute :label, String.t()
      attribute :type, String.t()

      embeds_many :options, Option, default: []
    end
  end

  collection "forms" do
    attribute :name, String.t()
    attribute :description, String.t()

    embeds_many :fields, Field, default: []
  end
end

Ecto supports an inline embedding syntax to make that look cleaner. Would you be open to a PR that added a similar syntax? Something like this:

defmodule MyApp.Forms.Form do
  use Mongo.Collection

  collection "forms" do
    attribute :name, String.t()
    attribute :description, String.t()

    embeds_many :fields, Field, default: [] do
      attribute :id, String.t()
      attribute :label, String.t()
      attribute :type, String.t()

      embeds_many :options, Option, default: [] do
        attribute :label, String.t()
        attribute :value, String.t()
      end
    end
  end
end

[zookzook]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it, but I can't estimate a timeframe for it yet.

[zookzook]

Fixed by #283 Thank you for your PR!