vanth/README.md
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♻️ bevy_vanth, vanth, vanth_derive, flake: Add Bevy integration crate and refactor entity/networking
- Created new crate `bevy_vanth` with basic plugin structure for Bevy integration.
- Refactored `Id` generation in `vanth` to use `OsRng` and removed redundant `to_u128_pair`/`from_u128_pair` methods.
- Moved networking functionality into new `net` module with `Node`, `Packet`, and `Message` types.
- Updated `vanth_derive` to use `proc-macro-crate` for reliable crate path resolution.
- Added `rand` dependency to replace custom ID generation logic.
- Updated `Cargo.toml`/`Cargo.lock` with new dependencies: `bevy_app`, `nix`, `cfg_aliases`, `proc-macro-crate`.
- Modified `README.md` with improved project description.
- Added commented clippy check in `flake.nix`.
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# Vanth
Vanth is a content-addressed data storage and task memoization framework designed for entity-component-system (ECS) applications.
Inspired by [Salsa](https://github.com/salsa-rs/salsa) and [Bevy](https://bevy.org/).
It is currently experimental and should not be used for anything.
## Library usage
Any type that implements `serde::Serialize` can be hashed using `vanth::hash` to produce a `vanth::ContentHash`.
```rust
let x = "hello";
assert_eq!(vanth::hash(&x).hex(), "ea8f163db38682925e4491c5e58d4bb3506ef8c14eb78a86e908c5624a67200f");
```
Derive or implement the `vanth::Vanth` trait for types you want to store in the database.
```rust
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use vanth::Vanth;
#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Vanth)]
struct Data {
value: u32,
}
```
This generates a method `Vanth::ty()` which returns a `vanth::Ty`. This should represent the type's fully qualified name - its module path followed by the type itself and any generics it has. E.g. `Data::ty().to_string()` could return `"my::crate::module::Data"`.
The derive macro only works for basic types right now and is not implemented for `std` types. Moving or renaming types or modules will change the type name, necessitating a database migration. This is not supported yet.
This should be used with caution. There are good reasons why `std::any::TypeId` is opaque.
### Database storage
```rust
use vanth::store::{Store, StoreParams};
// Or use `Store::in_memory`.
let mut store = Store::sqlite_from_path(
"path/to/my_database.sqlite".into(),
StoreParams { create_if_not_exists: true, ..Default::default() },
);
let hash = store.write(Data { value: 5 }).unwrap();
let my_data: Data = store.get_from_hash(hash).unwrap();
```
## CLI usage
You can run the Vanth CLI with Nix using `nix run git+https://git.mascully.com/mascully/vanth.git`.
Use `--` to pass arguments, e.g. `nix run git+https://git.mascully.com/mascully/vanth.git -- --help`.
### Syntax
Write a component to the database:
```bash
$ vanth write --db /path/to/db.sqlite --ty my::type::Name --value '{ "field": "value" }'
a1cf81d8afe4e72604ea5c13bbd9b6cce14bd98c3a2f036f7156c4464a88ec09
```
Get a component from the database:
```bash
$ vanth get --db /path/to/db.sqlite --ty my::type::Name a1cf81d8afe4e72604ea5c13bbd9b6cce14bd98c3a2f036f7156c4464a88ec09
{"field":"value"}
```
Get all components of a type from the database:
```bash
$ vanth get-all --db /path/to/db.sqlite --ty my::type::Name
{"field":"value1"}
{"field":"value2"}
{"field":"value3"}
```
Delete a component by its content hash:
```bash
$ vanth delete --db /path/to/db.sqlite ea8f163db38682925e4491c5e58d4bb3506ef8c14eb78a86e908c5624a67200f
```
Delete all components of a type:
```bash
$ vanth delete-all --db /path/to/db.sqlite --ty my::type::Name
```