# DoLess 🦀 — Procedural Macros for Data Mapping and Caching
`DoLess` is a Rust library offering **procedural macros** that simplify both
**data-to-struct mapping** and **cache integration** patterns.
It provides two main features:
- 🧩 **`#[derive(FromHashMap)]`** — auto-generates a type-safe
`From<HashMap<String, String>>` implementation for simple and nested structs.
- ⚡ **`#[cache_it(...)]`** — injects cache lookup logic directly into your functions,
now supporting **both sync and async** functions.
---
## 🚀 Features
### 🧩 Mapping Features
- ✅ Auto-maps from `HashMap<String, String>`
- 🔢 Supports types: `String`, numeric primitives, `bool`, `Option<T>`
- ➕ Supports lists: `Vec<T>`, `Vec<Option<T>>`
- 🪆 Nested structs with dot notation (`details.name`)
- ⚙ Defaults for missing fields
### ⚡ Cache Macro Features
- 📦 Add `#[cache_it(...)]` to perform cache lookups automatically
- 🗝 Configurable options:
- `key = "some:key"`
- `key = format!("user:{}", id)`
- `var = redis` — custom cache variable name
- `name = cached_data` — custom binding name
- 🔄 Works with any cache backend implementing `Cache` or `AsyncCache`
- ⚙ Async-aware — automatically inserts `.await` where needed
---
## 📦 Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
doless = "0.4.1"
```
Includes:
- `doless_core` — Cache and AsyncCache traits
- `doless_macros` — Procedural macros
- `doless` — Unified re-export crate
---
## ✨ Usage Examples
### 🧩 Example 1 — Struct Mapping with `FromHashMap`
```rust
use doless::FromHashMap;
use std::collections::HashMap;
#[derive(FromHashMap, Debug)]
struct Car {
model: String,
brand: String,
details: CarDetails,
tags: Vec<String>,
}
#[derive(FromHashMap, Debug)]
struct CarDetails {
name: String,
description: String,
}
fn main() {
let mut data = HashMap::new();
data.insert("model".into(), "GT-R".into());
data.insert("brand".into(), "Nissan".into());
data.insert("details.name".into(), "Skyline".into());
data.insert("details.description".into(), "Legendary Sports Car".into());
data.insert("tags".into(), "fast,collectible,cool".into());
let car: Car = Car::from(data);
println!("{:#?}", car);
}
```
---
### ⚡ Example 2 — Caching (Sync)
```rust
use doless::cache_it;
use doless_core::cache::Cache;
use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
use std::collections::HashMap;
#[derive(Clone, Default)]
struct DummyCache {
store: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, String>>>,
}
impl Cache for DummyCache {
fn get<T: DeserializeOwned + Clone>(&self, key: &str) -> Option<T> {
let guard = self.store.lock().ok()?;
serde_json::from_str(guard.get(key)?).ok()
}
fn set<T: Serialize>(&self, key: &str, value: &T) {
if let Ok(json) = serde_json::to_string(value) {
if let Ok(mut m) = self.store.lock() {
m.insert(key.into(), json);
}
}
}
}
#[cache_it(key = "user:list")]
fn get_users(cache: &impl Cache) -> Vec<String> {
let cache_data: Option<Vec<String>> = cache_data;
if let Some(users) = cache_data {
return users;
}
let users = vec!["alice".into(), "bob".into()];
cache.set("user:list", &users);
users
}
fn main() {
let cache = DummyCache::new();
println!("{:?}", get_users(&cache));
}
```
---
### ⚙ Example 3 — Async Caching with `AsyncCache`
```rust
use doless::cache_it;
use doless_core::cache::AsyncCache;
use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
use std::collections::HashMap;
#[derive(Clone, Default)]
struct RedisCache {
store: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, String>>>,
}
#[async_trait::async_trait]
impl AsyncCache for RedisCache {
async fn get<T>(&self, key: &str) -> Option<T>
where
T: DeserializeOwned + Clone + Send + Sync,
{
let guard = self.store.lock().ok()?;
serde_json::from_str(guard.get(key)?).ok()
}
async fn set<T>(&self, key: &str, value: &T)
where
T: Serialize + Send + Sync,
{
if let Ok(json) = serde_json::to_string(value) {
if let Ok(mut map) = self.store.lock() {
map.insert(key.to_string(), json);
}
}
}
async fn set_with_ttl<T>(&self, key: &str, value: &T, ttl_secs: u64)
where
T: Serialize + Send + Sync,
{
println!("Setting with TTL: {} seconds", ttl_secs);
self.set(key, value).await;
}
}
#[cache_it(key = "user:async")]
async fn get_user_async(cache: &impl AsyncCache) -> Option<String> {
let cached: Option<String> = cache_data;
if cached.is_some() {
return cached;
}
let data = String::from("jeff");
cache.set("user:async", &data).await;
Some(data)
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let cache = RedisCache::new();
let user = get_user_async(&cache).await;
println!("User = {:?}", user);
}
```
🧠 The macro detects `async fn` automatically and inserts `.await` where needed.
---
## 🧭 Roadmap
| `FromHashMap` with nested struct | ✅ |
| `Vec<T>` and `Vec<Option<T>>` support | ✅ |
| Synchronous cache macro | ✅ |
| **Async cache support** | ✅ NEW |
| TTL + extended cache (via `set_with`) | ✅ |
| Error diagnostics and reporting | 🚧 Planned |