Company
Date Published
Author
John Zablocki, NET. SDK Developer, Couchbase
Word count
1511
Language
English
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None

Summary

The Couchbase Client Library 1.2-Beta introduces an API for basic cluster management, allowing applications to create buckets and set design documents during startup. This API is encapsulated in the CouchbaseCluster class within the Couchbase.Management namespace. A command-line utility framework, available on GitHub, automates the creation of Couchbase views by using new attributes to decorate model classes. Using attributes like CouchbaseDesignDoc and CouchbaseViewKey, developers can specify which properties of a class should be indexed, facilitating the automatic creation of design documents and views. The framework consists of components like ConfigParser, ViewBuilder, DesignDocManager, and ViewRunner, which collectively parse configuration files, build design documents from annotated classes, and manage their creation on the CouchbaseCluster. While the framework is functional, it is in beta and not officially supported, with the potential for future API changes. Users have expressed challenges in integrating the framework with Couchbase Server, particularly in saving and retrieving views, highlighting a need for more intuitive documentation or a fluent interface for design document creation.