KV - Key-Value Store Abstraction Library

A Go library providing unified interfaces for key-value stores. This library abstracts different KV database implementations (BadgerDB, BoltDB, in-memory) behind common interfaces, enabling easy switching between backends without code changes.

Features

• Unified Interface: Common API for different key-value stores
• Generic Type Safety: Full Go 1.18+ generics support for type-safe operations
• Transaction Support: Read and write transactions with proper error handling
• Bucket Management: Organized data storage with bucket abstraction
• Metrics Integration: Built-in Prometheus metrics support
• Relation Store: Bidirectional 1:N relationship management
• Benchmarking: Performance testing framework included

Quick Start

Installation

go get github.com/bborbe/kv

Basic Usage

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "github.com/bborbe/kv"
    "github.com/bborbe/badgerkv" // or boltkv, memorykv
)

type User struct {
    ID   string `json:"id"`
    Name string `json:"name"`
    Email string `json:"email"`
}

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()
    
    // Create database instance (example with badgerkv)
    db, err := badgerkv.Open("/tmp/mydb")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer db.Close()
    
    // Create a type-safe store
    userStore := kv.NewStore[string, User](db, kv.BucketName("users"))
    
    // Add a user
    user := User{ID: "123", Name: "Alice", Email: "[email protected]"}
    if err := userStore.Add(ctx, user.ID, user); err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    
    // Get a user
    retrievedUser, err := userStore.Get(ctx, "123")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("User: %+v\n", *retrievedUser)
    
    // Check if user exists
    exists, err := userStore.Exists(ctx, "123")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("User exists: %v\n", exists)
}

Using Transactions

// Manual transaction control
err := db.Update(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, tx kv.Tx) error {
    bucket, err := tx.CreateBucket(kv.BucketName("users"))
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    
    userData, _ := json.Marshal(user)
    return bucket.Put(ctx, []byte("123"), userData)
})

Iterating Over Data

// Stream all users
userCh := make(chan User, 10)
go func() {
    defer close(userCh)
    userStore.Stream(ctx, userCh)
}()

for user := range userCh {
    fmt.Printf("User: %+v\n", user)
}

// Or map over all users
userStore.Map(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, key string, user User) error {
    fmt.Printf("Key: %s, User: %+v\n", key, user)
    return nil
})

Architecture

Interface Hierarchy

The library uses a layered interface approach:

1. DB Interface - Database lifecycle management

   • Update() - Write transactions
   • View() - Read-only transactions
   • Sync(), Close(), Remove() - Database management

2. Transaction Interface - Bucket operations within transactions

   • Bucket(), CreateBucket(), DeleteBucket() - Bucket management
   • ListBucketNames() - Bucket enumeration

3. Bucket Interface - Key-value operations

   • Put(), Get(), Delete() - Basic operations
   • Iterator(), IteratorReverse() - Iteration support

4. Generic Store Layer - Type-safe operations

   • Uses Go generics: Store[KEY ~[]byte | ~string, OBJECT any]
   • Automatic JSON marshaling/unmarshaling
   • Composed interfaces: StoreAdder, StoreGetter, StoreRemover, etc.

Advanced Features

Metrics Wrapper

Monitor your database operations with Prometheus metrics:

import "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"

// Wrap your DB with metrics
metricsDB := kv.NewDBWithMetrics(db, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, "myapp")

Relation Store

Manage bidirectional 1:N relationships:

relationStore := kv.NewRelationStore[string, string](db, kv.BucketName("user_groups"))

// Add relationships
relationStore.Add(ctx, "user123", "group456")
relationStore.Add(ctx, "user123", "group789")

// Query relationships
groups, err := relationStore.GetByA(ctx, "user123") // Returns: ["group456", "group789"]
users, err := relationStore.GetByB(ctx, "group456") // Returns: ["user123"]

Implementations

This library defines interfaces implemented by three concrete packages:

• badgerkv - BadgerDB implementation (LSM-tree, high performance)
• boltkv - BoltDB implementation (B+ tree, ACID compliance)
• memorykv - In-memory implementation (testing/development)

Switching Implementations

// BadgerDB for high-performance scenarios
db, err := badgerkv.Open("/path/to/badger")

// BoltDB for ACID compliance
db, err := boltkv.Open("/path/to/bolt.db")

// In-memory for testing
db := memorykv.New()

Testing

The library includes comprehensive test suites that can be reused for implementations:

import "github.com/bborbe/kv"

// Use the basic test suite for your implementation
var _ = Describe("MyKV", func() {
    kv.BasicTestSuite(func() kv.Provider {
        return mykvProvider{}
    })
})

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.18+ (for generics support)

Commands

# Full pre-commit pipeline
make precommit

# Run tests
make test

# Format code
make format

# Generate mocks
make generate

# Check code quality
make check

License

This project is licensed under the BSD-style license. See the LICENSE file for details.