ExEnum

ExEnum is an enum library for Elixir, inspired by ActiveHash::Enum.

Installation

Add ex_enum to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:ex_enum, github: "kenta-aktsk/ex_enum"}]
end

Ensure ex_enum is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:ex_enum]]
end

Usage

Add module and define records and accessor like below:

defmodule MyApp.Status do
  use ExEnum
  row id: 0, type: :invalid, text: "invalid"
  row id: 1, type: :valid, text: "valid"
  accessor :type
end

Records can be accessed like below:

alias MyApp.Status
Status.all
# => [%{id: 0, text: "invalid", type: :invalid},
# %{id: 1, text: "valid", type: :valid}]

Status.get(0)
# => %{id: 0, text: "invalid", type: :invalid}

Status.get_by(text: "valid", type: :valid)
# => %{id: 0, text: "valid", type: :valid}

Status.select([:text, :id])
# => [{"invalid", 0}, {"valid", 1}]

Status.invalid
# => %{id: 0, text: "invalid", type: :invalid}

status = Status.valid
status.id
# => 1
status.text
# => "valid"
status.type
# => :valid

Status.get!(-1)
# => ** (RuntimeError) no result

Status.get_by!(type: :wrong)
# => ** (RuntimeError) no result

You can use these functions with Phoenix view helpers like below:

# index.html.eex
<td><%= Status.get(user.status).text %></td>

# form.html.eex
<%= select f, :status, Status.select([:text, :id]), class: "form-control" %>

# show.html.eex
<%= Status.get(@user.status).text %>

Gettext

You can use ex_enum with Gettext.

If you already have MyApp.Gettext module and default.po file for your target locale and if you want to translate text field of Status module, you can specify target field of translation like below:

defmodule MyApp.Status do
  use ExEnum
  row id: 0, type: :invalid, text: "invalid"
  row id: 1, type: :valid, text: "valid"
  accessor :type
  translate :text
  # you can specify :backend and :domain. the above is same as:
  # translate :text, backend: MyApp.Gettext, domain: "default"
end

If you have Spanish default.po file, for example:

msgid "invalid"
msgstr "inválido"

msgid "valid"
msgstr "válido"

You can get translated text like below:

Gettext.put_locale(MyApp.Gettext, "es")
alias MyApp.Status

Status.get(0)
# => %{id: 0, text: "inválido", type: :invalid}

Status.select([:text, :id])
# => [{"inválido", 0}, {"válido", 1}]