Antler

Pluggable framework for .NET to work with popular ORMs (NHibernate, EntityFramework, Linq2Db) and NoSQL storages (MongoDB) using the same syntax. Antler framework is an abstraction over ORM/storage that you like to use.

Goals

• To use common syntax to work with the different ORMs/storages to be able easily replace one with another.
• To have very easy "fluent" configuration.
• To be fully pluggable. For example, it should be damn easy to choose which ORM, database or IoC container to use.
• Applications that use the framework should be easily testable (unit & integration tests).

Usage examples

Inserting Teams in a database:

UnitOfWork.Do(uow =>
                    {
                        uow.Repo<Team>().Insert(new Team() {Name = "Penguins", Description = "Hockey"});
                        uow.Repo<Team>().Insert(new Team() {Name = "Capitals", Description = "Hockey"});
                        uow.Repo<Team>().Insert(new Team() {Name = "Nets", Description = "Basketball"});
                    });

Querying Teams from a database:

var found = UnitOfWork.Do(uow => uow.Repo<Team>().AsQueryable().Where(t => t.Description == "Hockey").
                                                                OrderBy(t => t.Name).ToArray()); 

Configuration examples

For example, let's configure an application to use (NHibernate + Sqlite database) and Castle Windsor container:

var configurator = new AntlerConfigurator();
configurator.UseWindsorContainer().UseStorage(NHibernateStorage.Use.
                                              WithDatabaseConfiguration(SQLiteConfiguration.Standard.InMemory()).
                                              WithMappings(assemblyWithMappings));

Let's configure an application to use (EntityFramework Code First + SqlServer) and StructureMap container:

var configurator = new AntlerConfigurator();
configurator.UseStructureMapContainer().UseStorage(EntityFrameworkStorage.Use.
                                              WithConnectionString(connectionString).
                                              WithMappings(assemblyWithMappings));

More info in wiki: https://github.com/SmartElk/Antler/wiki/Wiki-home

Installing NuGet packages

Core library: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.Core/

Adapters for ORMs/storages

NHibernate adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.NHibernate/

EntityFramework Code First adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.EntityFramework/

Linq2Db adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.Linq2Db/

MongoDb adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.MongoDb/

Adapters for IoC Containers

Windsor adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.Windsor/

StructureMap adapter: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Antler.StructureMap/

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Largely based on the great NoSQL framework https://github.com/Kostassoid/Anodyne.