Question

I’m trying to create a general library which would have all methods for managing data on our database.

This library will have a lot of methods so I would like to make it more organized. I would like it to be used with the following syntax.

db.setData().insertNewAccount(username, password);

db.modifyData().deleteAccount(username, password);

db.getData().getAccount();

How would I make it work like that if I type setData for example methods related to setData would show up.

Answer 1

If you really want to do it that way, then you could do something like this (pseudo code):

class DataRepository
{
    public SetDataHelper setData()
    { return new SetDataHelper(); }

    public ModifyDataHelper modifyData()
    { return new ModifyDataHelper(); }

    public GetDataHelper getData()
    { return new GetDataHelper(); }
}

class SetDataHelper
{
    public void insertNewAccount(username, password) { ... }
}

class ModifyDataHelper
{
    public void deleteAccount(username, password) { ... }
}

class GetDataHelper
{
    public Account getAccount() { ... }
}

And then you could do it your way, more fluently:

var db = new DataRepository();

db.setData().insertNewAccount(username, password);

db.modifyData().deleteAccount(username, password);

db.getData().getAccount();