Feature: Add support for @DatabaseView annotations

README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This package is still in an early phase and the API will likely change.
     1. [Primary Keys](#primary-keys)
     1. [Indices](#indices)
     1. [Ignoring Fields](#ignoring-fields)
+1. [Database Views](#database-views)
 1. [Migrations](#migrations)
 1. [In-Memory Database](#in-memory-database)
 1. [Callback](#callback)
@@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ StreamBuilder<List<Person>>(
 );
 ```
 
+NOTE: It is currently not possible to return a `Stream` if the function queries a database view. This is mostly due 
+to the complexity of detecting which entities are involved in a database view.
+
 ## Transactions
 Whenever you want to perform some operations in a transaction you have to add the `@transaction` annotation to the method.
 It's also required to add the `async` modifier. These methods can only return `Future<void>`.
@@ -414,9 +418,47 @@ class Person {
   Person(this.id, this.name);
 }
 ```
+## Database Views
+If you want to define static `SELECT`-statements which return different types than your entities, your best option is 
+to use `@DatabaseView`. A database view can be understood as a virtual table, which can be queried like a real table.
+
+A database view in floor is defined and used similarly to entities, with the main difference being that
+access is read-only, which means that update, insert and delete functions are not possible. Similarly to 
+entities, the class name is used if no `viewName` was set.
+
+```dart
+@DatabaseView('SELECT distinct(name) as name FROM person', viewName: 'name')
+class Name {
+  final String name;
+
+  Name(this.name);
+}
+```
+
+Database views do not have any foreign/primary keys or indices. Instead, you should manually define indices which fit to 
+your statement and put them into the `@Entity` annotation of the involved entities.
+
+Setters, getters and static fields are automatically ignored (like in entities), you can specify additional fields
+to ignore by annotating them with `@ignore`. 
+
+After defining a database view in your code, you have to add it to your database by adding it to the `views` field of 
+the `@Database` annotation:
+
+```dart
+    @Database(version: 1, entities: [Person], views:[Name])
+    abstract class AppDatabase extends FloorDatabase {
+      PersonDao get personDao;
+    }
+
+```
+
+You can then query the view via a DAO function like an entity.
+
+NOTE: Be aware that it is currently not possible to return a 
+`Stream<>` object from a function which queries a database view.
 
 ## Migrations
-Whenever are doing changes to your entities, you're required to also migrate the old data.
+Whenever you are doing changes to your entities, you're required to also migrate the old data.
 
 First, update your entity.
 Next, Increase the database version.

floor/README.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This package is still in an early phase and the API will likely change.
     1. [Primary Keys](#primary-keys)
     1. [Indices](#indices)
     1. [Ignoring Fields](#ignoring-fields)
+1. [Database Views](#database-views)
 1. [Migrations](#migrations)
 1. [In-Memory Database](#in-memory-database)
 1. [Callback](#callback)
@@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ StreamBuilder<List<Person>>(
 );
 ```
 
+NOTE: It is currently not possible to return a `Stream` if the function queries a database view. This is mostly due 
+to the complexity of detecting which entities are involved in a database view.
+
 ## Transactions
 Whenever you want to perform some operations in a transaction you have to add the `@transaction` annotation to the method.
 It's also required to add the `async` modifier. These methods can only return `Future<void>`.
@@ -414,9 +418,47 @@ class Person {
   Person(this.id, this.name);
 }
 ```
+## Database Views
+If you want to define static `SELECT`-statements which return different types than your entities, your best option is 
+to use `@DatabaseView`. A database view can be understood as a virtual table, which can be queried like a real table.
+
+A database view in floor is defined and used similarly to entities, with the main difference being that
+access is read-only, which means that update, insert and delete functions are not possible. Similarly to 
+entities, the class name is used if no `viewName` was set.
+
+```dart
+@DatabaseView('SELECT distinct(name) as name FROM person', viewName: 'name')
+class Name {
+  final String name;
+
+  Name(this.name);
+}
+```
+
+Database views do not have any foreign/primary keys or indices. Instead, you should manually define indices which fit to 
+your statement and put them into the `@Entity` annotation of the involved entities.
+
+Setters, getters and static fields are automatically ignored (like in entities), you can specify additional fields
+to ignore by annotating them with `@ignore`. 
+
+After defining a database view in your code, you have to add it to your database by adding it to the `views` field of 
+the `@Database` annotation:
+
+```dart
+    @Database(version: 1, entities: [Person], views:[Name])
+    abstract class AppDatabase extends FloorDatabase {
+      PersonDao get personDao;
+    }
+
+```
+
+You can then query the view via a DAO function like an entity.
+
+NOTE: Be aware that it is currently not possible to return a 
+`Stream<>` object from a function which queries a database view.
 
 ## Migrations
-Whenever are doing changes to your entities, you're required to also migrate the old data.
+Whenever you are doing changes to your entities, you're required to also migrate the old data.
 
 First, update your entity.
 Next, Increase the database version.

floor/test/integration/dao/name_dao.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import 'package:floor/floor.dart';
+
+import '../model/name.dart';
+
+@dao
+abstract class NameDao {
+  @Query('SELECT * FROM names ORDER BY name ASC')
+  Future<List<Name>> findAllNames();
+
+  @Query('SELECT * FROM names WHERE name = :name')
+  Future<Name> findExactName(String name);
+
+  @Query('SELECT * FROM names WHERE name LIKE :suffix ORDER BY name ASC')
+  Future<List<Name>> findNamesLike(String suffix);
+}

floor/test/integration/model/name.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import 'package:floor/floor.dart';
+
+@DatabaseView(
+    'SELECT custom_name as name FROM person UNION SELECT name from dog',
+    viewName: 'names')
+class Name {
+  final String name;
+
+  Name(this.name);
+
+  @override
+  bool operator ==(Object other) =>
+      identical(this, other) ||
+      other is Name && runtimeType == other.runtimeType && name == other.name;
+
+  @override
+  int get hashCode => name.hashCode;
+
+  @override
+  String toString() {
+    return 'Name{name: $name}';
+  }
+}

floor/test/integration/view_test/view_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:floor/floor.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' hide equals;
+import 'package:sqflite/sqflite.dart' as sqflite;
+import 'package:sqflite_ffi_test/sqflite_ffi_test.dart';
+
+import '../dao/dog_dao.dart';
+import '../dao/name_dao.dart';
+import '../dao/person_dao.dart';
+import '../model/dog.dart';
+import '../model/name.dart';
+import '../model/person.dart';
+
+part 'view_test.g.dart';
+
+@Database(version: 1, entities: [Person, Dog], views: [Name])
+abstract class ViewTestDatabase extends FloorDatabase {
+  PersonDao get personDao;
+
+  DogDao get dogDao;
+
+  NameDao get nameDao;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  sqfliteFfiTestInit();
+
+  group('database tests', () {
+    ViewTestDatabase database;
+    PersonDao personDao;
+    DogDao dogDao;
+    NameDao nameDao;
+
+    setUp(() async {
+      database = await $FloorViewTestDatabase.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder().build();
+
+      personDao = database.personDao;
+      dogDao = database.dogDao;
+      nameDao = database.nameDao;
+    });
+
+    tearDown(() async {
+      await database.close();
+    });
+
+    group('Query Views', () {
+      test('query view with exact value', () async {
+        final person = Person(1, 'Frank');
+        await personDao.insertPerson(person);
+
+        final actual = await nameDao.findExactName('Frank');
+
+        final expected = Name('Frank');
+        expect(actual, equals(expected));
+      });
+
+      test('query view with LIKE', () async {
+        final persons = [Person(1, 'Leo'), Person(2, 'Frank')];
+        await personDao.insertPersons(persons);
+
+        final dog = Dog(1, 'Romeo', 'Rome', 1);
+        await dogDao.insertDog(dog);
+
+        final actual = await nameDao.findNamesLike('%eo');
+
+        final expected = [Name('Leo'), Name('Romeo')];
+        expect(actual, equals(expected));
+      });
+
+      test('query view with all values', () async {
+        final persons = [Person(1, 'Leo'), Person(2, 'Frank')];
+        await personDao.insertPersons(persons);
+
+        final dog = Dog(1, 'Romeo', 'Rome', 1);
+        await dogDao.insertDog(dog);
+
+        final actual = await nameDao.findAllNames();
+
+        final expected = [Name('Frank'), Name('Leo'), Name('Romeo')];
+        expect(actual, equals(expected));
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}

floor_annotation/lib/floor_annotation.dart

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ library floor_annotation;
 export 'src/column_info.dart';
 export 'src/dao.dart';
 export 'src/database.dart';
+export 'src/database_view.dart';
 export 'src/delete.dart';
 export 'src/entity.dart';
 export 'src/foreign_key.dart';

floor_annotation/lib/src/database.dart

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ class Database {
   /// The entities the database manages.
   final List<Type> entities;
 
+  /// The views the database manages.
+  final List<Type> views;
+
   /// Marks a class as a FloorDatabase.
-  const Database({@required this.version, @required this.entities});
+  const Database({
+    @required this.version,
+    @required this.entities,
+    this.views = const [],
+  });
 }

floor_annotation/lib/src/database_view.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/// Marks a class as a database view (a fixed select statement).
+class DatabaseView {
+  /// The table name of the SQLite view.
+  final String viewName;
+
+  /// The SELECT query on which the view is based on.
+  final String query;
+
+  /// Marks a class as a database view (a fixed select statement).
+  const DatabaseView(
+    this.query, {
+    this.viewName,
+  });
+}

floor_generator/lib/misc/constants.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ abstract class AnnotationField {
 
   static const DATABASE_VERSION = 'version';
   static const DATABASE_ENTITIES = 'entities';
+  static const DATABASE_VIEWS = 'views';
 
   static const COLUMN_INFO_NAME = 'name';
   static const COLUMN_INFO_NULLABLE = 'nullable';
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ abstract class AnnotationField {
   static const ENTITY_FOREIGN_KEYS = 'foreignKeys';
   static const ENTITY_INDICES = 'indices';
   static const ENTITY_PRIMARY_KEYS = 'primaryKeys';
+
+  static const VIEW_NAME = 'viewName';
+  static const VIEW_QUERY = 'query';
 }
 
 abstract class ForeignKeyField {

floor_generator/lib/processor/dao_processor.dart

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:floor_generator/processor/query_method_processor.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/processor/transaction_method_processor.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/processor/update_method_processor.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/value_object/dao.dart';
+import 'package:floor_generator/value_object/view.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/value_object/deletion_method.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/value_object/entity.dart';
 import 'package:floor_generator/value_object/insertion_method.dart';
@@ -21,20 +22,24 @@ class DaoProcessor extends Processor<Dao> {
   final String _daoGetterName;
   final String _databaseName;
   final List<Entity> _entities;
+  final List<View> _views;
 
   DaoProcessor(
     final ClassElement classElement,
     final String daoGetterName,
     final String databaseName,
     final List<Entity> entities,
+    final List<View> views,
   )   : assert(classElement != null),
         assert(daoGetterName != null),
         assert(databaseName != null),
         assert(entities != null),
+        assert(views != null),
         _classElement = classElement,
         _daoGetterName = daoGetterName,
         _databaseName = databaseName,
-        _entities = entities;
+        _entities = entities,
+        _views = views;
 
   @override
   Dao process() {
@@ -66,7 +71,8 @@ class DaoProcessor extends Processor<Dao> {
   List<QueryMethod> _getQueryMethods(final List<MethodElement> methods) {
     return methods
         .where((method) => method.hasAnnotation(annotations.Query))
-        .map((method) => QueryMethodProcessor(method, _entities).process())
+        .map((method) =>
+            QueryMethodProcessor(method, _entities, _views).process())
         .toList();
   }
 
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ class DaoProcessor extends Processor<Dao> {
   List<Entity> _getStreamEntities(final List<QueryMethod> queryMethods) {
     return queryMethods
         .where((method) => method.returnsStream)
-        .map((method) => method.entity)
+        .map((method) => method.queryable as Entity)
         .toList();
   }
 }