MongoDB · Delete

Replace a record in a transaction

Replace an order in one ARX transaction: delete the old one, create the new one, commit, in two scenarios: the replacement, and a replacement that fails half way and leaves the old order in place.

Set up for this page

Besides the sample itself, it uses SampleContext.cs (the dbContext every sample is given); SampleOutput.cs (Step and Show, which print); SampleContext.Application.cs (dbContext.Service, the application's ARX service); SampleCatalog.cs (the tables' ids, keys, lookups and display names); SampleContext.Direct.cs (dbContext.Direct); MongoDirectHelper.cs (the checks behind dbContext.Direct), in the files below.

dbContext.Direct is the samples' own checking code on the plain driver, not part of ARX: leave it out of your application.

Before scenario 1 the sample runs this, so the service and the rows the scenarios use are there:

Set up
var order = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
order["order_number"] = "SO-M931";
order["total"] = 40m;
var oldId = await service.CreateAsync(order);

1 Replace

Delete SO-M931 and create SO-M932 in its place, committed together.

Already in scope: service (ArxMongoDbService), oldId (ArxRecordId)

C#
await using var connection = new ArxMongoConnection(service);
await using var transaction = await connection.BeginTransactionAsync();

await service.DeleteAsync("sales_order", oldId, transaction);

var replacement = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
replacement["order_number"] = "SO-M932";
replacement["total"] = 45m;
await service.CreateAsync(replacement, transaction);

await transaction.CommitAsync();
Console.WriteLine("SO-M931 replaced by SO-M932");

Check it in the database

javascript

Run it in mongosh connected to the database, after the code has run.

db.sales_order.find({ order_number: { $in: ["SO-M931", "SO-M932"] } }, { order_number: 1 })

Expect: 1 document, SO-M932.

2 A failed replacement

The new order repeats an existing number: the transaction is rolled back, SO-M932 stays.

Already in scope: service (ArxMongoDbService)

C#
await using var connection = new ArxMongoConnection(service);
await using var transaction = await connection.BeginTransactionAsync();

var match = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
match["order_number"] = "SO-M932";
await service.DeleteAsync(match, transaction, new ArxDeleteOptions { Match = ArxMatch.Key("order_number") });

var first = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
first["order_number"] = "SO-M933";
var second = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
second["order_number"] = "SO-M933";

try
{
    await service.CreateMultipleAsync(new[] { first, second }, transaction);
    await transaction.CommitAsync();
}
catch (ArxDatabaseException exception)
{
    Console.WriteLine(exception.Message);
    await transaction.RollbackAsync();
}

Check it in the database

javascript

Run it in mongosh connected to the database, after the code has run.

db.sales_order.find({ order_number: { $in: ["SO-M932", "SO-M933"] } }, { order_number: 1 })

Expect: 1 document, SO-M932: the delete was rolled back with the rest.

Good to know

MongoDB can't change a document's _id, so a new id means a new document: delete and create, in one transaction, so a reader never sees neither or both.

Run the complete sample

The code above comes from one program, built in a fresh project and run against the database. To run it yourself, here is every file and step.

The program, its files and how to run it

Run it locally

  1. .NET SDK: .NET SDK 10.0.100 or later 10.0.x (target net10.0).
  2. Create the project:
    Terminal
    dotnet new console -n ArxSample -f net10.0
    cd ArxSample
  3. Install the packages:
    Terminal
    dotnet add package ARX.SDK.MongoDb --version 1.0.0-rc.1
  4. Database: a MongoDB 7.0, a replica set (tested with 7.0.45, one node) database with the sample schema.
  5. Configuration: set ARX_SAMPLES_MONGODB to its connection string. Nothing is hard-coded.
  6. Source code: replace Program.cs and add the 7 other files below, with the file names shown.
  7. Run it:
    Terminal
    dotnet run
  8. Expected output: below.

The files

Program.cs

Runs the sample. Generated for this page; it reads the connection string from the environment and first remakes the sample database from sample-schema.json.

using ArxSamples.MongoDb;
using ArxSamples.MongoDb.Operations.Delete.AdvancedCases;

// The connection string comes from the environment, never from the code (see "Configure the connection").
var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ARX_SAMPLES_MONGODB")
    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Set the ARX_SAMPLES_MONGODB environment variable to your MongoDB connection string.");

var dbContext = new SampleContext(connectionString);

// Every run starts from the sample data: this deletes and makes again what sample-schema.json lists
// (save the file in the project folder, see Get started).
await dbContext.Direct.ResetAsync();

await new Advanced1_ReplaceAnOrder().RunAsync(dbContext);
Advanced1_ReplaceAnOrder.cs

The sample, as it is in the repository.

using ARX.SDK;
using ARX.SDK.MongoDb.Services;
using ARX.SDK.Services;

using static ArxSamples.MongoDb.SampleOutput;

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb.Operations.Delete.AdvancedCases;

/// <summary>
/// Replace an order in one ARX transaction: delete the old one, create the new one, commit, in two scenarios: the
/// replacement, and a replacement that fails half way and leaves the old order in place.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// MongoDB can't change a document's <c>_id</c>, so a new id means a new document: delete and create, in one transaction,
/// so a reader never sees neither or both.
/// </remarks>
public sealed class Advanced1_ReplaceAnOrder : ISample
{
    public string Name => "delete-advanced-1-replace-an-order";

    public string Title => "Replace a record in a transaction";

    public async Task RunAsync(SampleContext dbContext)
    {
        var order = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
        order["order_number"] = "SO-M931";
        order["total"] = 40m;
        var oldId = await dbContext.Service.CreateAsync(order);

        await Scenario1_ReplaceAsync(dbContext.Service, oldId);

        await Scenario2_AFailedReplacementAsync(dbContext.Service);
    }

    /// <summary>1. Delete SO-M931 and create SO-M932 in its place, committed together.</summary>
    private static async Task Scenario1_ReplaceAsync(ArxMongoDbService service, ArxRecordId oldId)
    {
        Step("1. Replace");

        await using var connection = new ArxMongoConnection(service);
        await using var transaction = await connection.BeginTransactionAsync();

        await service.DeleteAsync("sales_order", oldId, transaction);

        var replacement = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
        replacement["order_number"] = "SO-M932";
        replacement["total"] = 45m;
        await service.CreateAsync(replacement, transaction);

        await transaction.CommitAsync();
        Show("SO-M931 replaced by SO-M932");

        /* ===========================================================
         * [DIRECT QUERY CHECK]
         * -----------------------------------------------------------
         * db.sales_order.find({ order_number: { $in: ["SO-M931", "SO-M932"] } }, { order_number: 1 })
         * -- Expect: 1 document, SO-M932.
         * ===========================================================
         */
    }

    /// <summary>2. The new order repeats an existing number: the transaction is rolled back, SO-M932 stays.</summary>
    private static async Task Scenario2_AFailedReplacementAsync(ArxMongoDbService service)
    {
        Step("2. A failed replacement");

        await using var connection = new ArxMongoConnection(service);
        await using var transaction = await connection.BeginTransactionAsync();

        var match = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
        match["order_number"] = "SO-M932";
        await service.DeleteAsync(match, transaction, new ArxDeleteOptions { Match = ArxMatch.Key("order_number") });

        var first = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
        first["order_number"] = "SO-M933";
        var second = new ArxEntity("sales_order");
        second["order_number"] = "SO-M933";

        try
        {
            await service.CreateMultipleAsync(new[] { first, second }, transaction);
            await transaction.CommitAsync();
        }
        catch (ArxDatabaseException exception)
        {
            ShowError(exception);
            await transaction.RollbackAsync();
        }

        /* ===========================================================
         * [DIRECT QUERY CHECK]
         * -----------------------------------------------------------
         * db.sales_order.find({ order_number: { $in: ["SO-M932", "SO-M933"] } }, { order_number: 1 })
         * -- Expect: 1 document, SO-M932: the delete was rolled back with the rest.
         * ===========================================================
         */
    }
}
SampleContext.cs

What every sample is given: the connection string (and the ISample interface the samples implement).

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>One documentation sample: a scenario a real application has, shown end to end.</summary>
public interface ISample
{
    /// <summary>The name to run it alone: <c>dotnet run -- &lt;name&gt;</c>.</summary>
    string Name { get; }

    /// <summary>One line on what it shows.</summary>
    string Title { get; }

    Task RunAsync(SampleContext dbContext);
}

/// <summary>
/// What a sample is given. Every sample gets the connection string; the application's service and catalog
/// (SampleContext.Application.cs) and the plain MongoDB driver read-back helper (SampleContext.Direct.cs) live in their own
/// files, so a sample needs only the files it uses.
/// </summary>
public sealed partial class SampleContext
{
    public SampleContext(string connectionString)
    {
        ConnectionString = connectionString;
    }

    public string ConnectionString { get; }
}
SampleOutput.cs

How the samples print: Step for each scenario, Show for what it did, ShowError for an error caught on purpose.

using ARX.SDK;

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>How the samples print: a numbered step for each scenario, then what it did.</summary>
public static class SampleOutput
{
    /// <summary>The start of a scenario: <c>Step("1. By the id Create returned")</c>.</summary>
    public static void Step(string text) => Console.WriteLine($"  > {text}");

    /// <summary>What the scenario did.</summary>
    public static void Show(string text) => Console.WriteLine($"      {text}");

    /// <summary>An ARX error the scenario caught on purpose.</summary>
    public static void ShowError(ArxException exception)
        => Console.WriteLine($"      caught {exception.GetType().Name}: {exception.Message}");
}
SampleContext.Application.cs

The application's ARX service and its schema catalog, created once and shared by the samples.

using ARX.SDK.MongoDb.Services;
using ARX.SDK.Services;

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>The application's ARX service and its schema catalog, shared by the real and advanced samples.</summary>
public sealed partial class SampleContext
{
    private ArxSchemaCatalog? _catalog;
    private ArxMongoDbService? _service;

    /// <summary>The application's schema catalog: collection ids, keys, lookups and selection sets (SampleCatalog.cs).</summary>
    public ArxSchemaCatalog Catalog => _catalog ??= SampleCatalog.Build();

    /// <summary>
    /// One service for the whole application. It shares one MongoDB client per connection string (a client is a
    /// connection pool), so make it once and keep it.
    /// </summary>
    public ArxMongoDbService Service => _service ??= new ArxMongoDbService(ConnectionString, Catalog);
}
SampleCatalog.cs

The application's schema catalog: every table's id column and keys, and its selection sets.

using ARX.SDK.Services;

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>An account's industry. Stored in account.industry as the enum's number.</summary>
public enum Industry
{
    Retail = 1,
    Manufacturing = 2,
    Healthcare = 3,
    Finance = 4,
    Technology = 5
}

/// <summary>
/// The application's schema catalog: every collection's id and keys, the lookups between collections, and every
/// picklist (selection set), defined once.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// <b>Ids.</b> On MongoDB the declared id is the document's <c>_id</c>, named in your code by the column you declare
/// (<c>account["account_id"]</c>). A generated string id is an ObjectId ARX makes before the insert and gives back as its
/// 24-character text; a generated Guid is one ARX makes; a supplied id is yours (a country code, a SKU). MongoDB has no
/// sequences, so a generated number isn't offered, and every document has an <c>_id</c>, so there is no NoIdColumn.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// <b>Keys.</b> Business keys (an account number; a region and a SKU together) let Update, Delete and Retrieve find
/// documents by them. MongoDB enforces them with unique indexes: the sample database has one for each.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// <b>Lookups.</b> MongoDB has no foreign keys, so the catalog says which field refers to which collection
/// (<c>.Lookup("contact", "account_id", "account")</c>). ARX stores the referenced id as it is stored there (an ObjectId)
/// and reads the field back as an <see cref="ArxEntityReference"/> with the referenced record's display name.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// <b>Selection sets.</b> A field that only accepts a fixed list of codes: an account's status, a contact's preferred
/// channels (several codes, stored as an array). ARX checks every <see cref="ArxSelectionSetValue"/> against the catalog
/// before anything is sent and stores the codes themselves.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
public static class SampleCatalog
{
    public static ArxSchemaCatalog Build() => ArxSchemaCatalog.Create()
        .Table("account", ArxIdColumn.Generated<string>("account_id"))
        .Key("account", "account_number")
        .DisplayName("account", "name")
        .Table("contact", ArxIdColumn.Generated<string>("contact_id"))
        .Key("contact", "email")
        .Lookup("contact", "account_id", "account")
        .DisplayName("contact", new[] { "first_name", "last_name" }, " ")
        .Table("country", ArxIdColumn.Supplied<string>("code"))
        .DisplayName("country", "name")
        .Table("product", ArxIdColumn.Supplied<string>("sku"))
        .DisplayName("product", "name")
        .Table("price_list", ArxIdColumn.Generated<string>("price_id"))
        .Key("price_list", "region", "sku")
        .Lookup("price_list", "region", "country")
        .Table("sales_order", ArxIdColumn.Generated<Guid>("order_id"))
        .Key("sales_order", "order_number")
        .Lookup("sales_order", "account_id", "account")
        .Table("activity_log", ArxIdColumn.Generated<string>("log_id"))
        .AddEnum<Industry>("Industry")
        .Add("AccountStatus", ArxSelectionSetKind.String, ("ACTIVE", "Active"), ("ON_HOLD", "On hold"), ("CLOSED", "Closed"))
        .Add("ContactChannels", ArxSelectionSetKind.String, ArxSelectionSetMultiplicity.Array, ("E", "Email"), ("P", "Phone"), ("S", "SMS"))
        .Build();
}
SampleContext.Direct.cs

The plain MongoDB.Driver read-back helper, for the samples that show what MongoDB stored.

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>The plain MongoDB driver outside the SDK, for the samples that show what MongoDB stored.</summary>
public sealed partial class SampleContext
{
    private MongoDirectHelper? _direct;

    /// <summary>The plain MongoDB driver outside the SDK, used only to reset the database and to show what was stored.</summary>
    public MongoDirectHelper Direct => _direct ??= new MongoDirectHelper(ConnectionString);
}
MongoDirectHelper.cs

Plain MongoDB.Driver, not part of ARX: reads rows back so a sample can show what MongoDB stored.

using MongoDB.Bson;
using MongoDB.Driver;

namespace ArxSamples.MongoDb;

/// <summary>
/// The plain MongoDB driver, outside the SDK: it resets the sample database from Schema/sample-schema.json and shows
/// what was stored. Samples never write through it.
/// </summary>
public sealed class MongoDirectHelper
{
    private readonly IMongoDatabase _database;

    public MongoDirectHelper(string connectionString)
    {
        var url = MongoUrl.Create(connectionString);
        _database = new MongoClient(url).GetDatabase(url.DatabaseName ?? "arx_samples");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The sample schema: Schema/sample-schema.json next to the program (the samples' own project), or sample-schema.json
    /// in the project folder (a sample copied from its page, as Get started says).
    /// </summary>
    private static string SchemaPath()
    {
        var candidates = new[]
        {
            Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "Schema", "sample-schema.json"),
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "sample-schema.json"),
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "Schema", "sample-schema.json")
        };

        return candidates.FirstOrDefault(File.Exists)
            ?? throw new FileNotFoundException("sample-schema.json isn't in the project folder: download it from the Get started page and save it next to Program.cs.");
    }

    /// <summary>Drops the sample database and makes its collections, indexes and validators again.</summary>
    public async Task ResetAsync()
    {
        var schema = BsonDocument.Parse(await File.ReadAllTextAsync(SchemaPath()));

        foreach (var collection in schema["collections"].AsBsonArray.Select(x => x.AsBsonDocument))
        {
            var name = collection["name"].AsString;

            // Only the collections the schema lists are dropped and made again: anything else in the database is left alone.
            await _database.DropCollectionAsync(name);
            var options = new CreateCollectionOptions<BsonDocument>();

            if (collection.TryGetValue("validator", out var validator))
            {
                options.Validator = validator.AsBsonDocument;
            }

            await _database.CreateCollectionAsync(name, options);

            foreach (var index in collection.GetValue("indexes", new BsonArray()).AsBsonArray.Select(x => x.AsBsonDocument))
            {
                var keys = index["keys"].AsBsonDocument;
                var indexOptions = new CreateIndexOptions<BsonDocument> { Unique = index.GetValue("unique", false).AsBoolean };

                if (index.GetValue("partial", false).AsBoolean)
                {
                    indexOptions.PartialFilterExpression = new BsonDocument(keys.Names.Select(x => new BsonElement(x, new BsonDocument("$exists", true))));
                }

                await _database.GetCollection<BsonDocument>(name).Indexes.CreateOneAsync(new CreateIndexModel<BsonDocument>(keys, indexOptions));
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>The stored documents a filter finds, as MongoDB's JSON, one line each.</summary>
    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<string>> FindAsync(string collection, string filterJson)
    {
        var documents = await _database.GetCollection<BsonDocument>(collection).Find(BsonDocument.Parse(filterJson)).ToListAsync();
        return documents.Select(x => x.ToJson()).ToList();
    }
}

Expected output

What dotnet run printed when the sample was verified, on a freshly created sample schema. Ids differ when the tables already hold rows.

Output
  > 1. Replace
      SO-M931 replaced by SO-M932
  > 2. A failed replacement
      caught ArxDatabaseException: ARX3001 UniqueViolation: CreateMultiple on 'sales_order': a record with the same value in unique index 'order_number_1' already exists.