Kotlin API Reference

Storm's Kotlin API is organized into a set of focused modules. Each module has a specific role, from the core ORM engine with coroutine support to Spring Boot auto-configuration and validation. This page provides an overview of the module structure and links to detailed documentation for each concept.

Module Overview

storm-kotlin

The main Kotlin API module. It provides the ORMTemplate interface, extension functions (DataSource.orm, Connection.orm), repository interfaces, coroutine support, and the type-safe query DSL. This is the primary dependency for Kotlin applications.

// Gradle (Kotlin DSL)
implementation("st.orm:storm-kotlin:1.11.2")

<!-- Maven -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>st.orm</groupId>
    <artifactId>storm-kotlin</artifactId>
    <version>1.11.2</version>
</dependency>

The Kotlin API does not depend on any preview features. All APIs are stable and production-ready.

storm-kotlin-spring

Spring Framework integration for Kotlin. Provides RepositoryBeanFactoryPostProcessor for repository auto-discovery and injection, @EnableTransactionIntegration for bridging Storm's programmatic transactions with Spring's @Transactional, and transaction-aware coroutine support. Add this module when you use Spring Framework without Spring Boot.

implementation("st.orm:storm-kotlin-spring:1.11.2")

See Spring Integration for configuration details.

storm-kotlin-spring-boot-starter

Spring Boot auto-configuration for Kotlin. Automatically creates an ORMTemplate bean from the DataSource, discovers repositories, enables transaction integration, and binds storm.* properties from application.yml. This is the recommended dependency for Spring Boot applications.

implementation("st.orm:storm-kotlin-spring-boot-starter:1.11.2")

See Spring Integration: Spring Boot Starter for what the starter provides and how to override its defaults.

Key Classes and Functions

Class/Function	Description	Guide
ORMTemplate	The central entry point. Create with dataSource.orm or ORMTemplate.of(dataSource). Provides access to entity/projection repositories and the SQL template query engine.	Getting Started
EntityRepository<E, ID>	Type-safe repository interface for CRUD operations on entities. Extend this interface and add custom query methods with default method bodies.	Repositories
ProjectionRepository<P, ID>	Read-only repository for projections (subset of entity columns).	Projections
Entity<ID>	Marker interface for entity data classes. Implement this on your Kotlin data classes to enable repository operations.	Entities
Projection<ID>	Marker interface for projection data classes.	Projections
DataSource.orm	Extension property that creates an ORMTemplate from a DataSource.	Getting Started
transaction { }	Coroutine-aware programmatic transaction block.	Transactions
transactionBlocking { }	Blocking variant of the programmatic transaction block.	Transactions
StormConfig	Immutable configuration holder. Pass to dataSource.orm(config) to override defaults.	Configuration

Coroutine Support

Storm's Kotlin API provides first-class coroutine support. Query results can be consumed as Flow<T> for streaming, and the transaction { } block is a suspending function that integrates with structured concurrency. Storm leverages JVM virtual threads under the hood, so database operations do not block platform threads even when using JDBC (which is inherently synchronous).

// Streaming with Flow
val users: Flow<User> = orm.entity(User::class).selectAll()
users.collect { processUser(it) }

// Suspending transaction
transaction {
    orm insert User(name = "Alice")
}

Metamodel Generation

The metamodel generates type-safe companion classes (e.g., User_) at compile time. These classes provide static references to entity fields for use in the query DSL, enabling compile-time checked queries.

There are two ways to configure metamodel generation for Kotlin projects, depending on your build tool:

• Gradle with KSP: Use storm-metamodel-ksp, which is a Kotlin Symbol Processing plugin.
• Maven with kapt: Use storm-metamodel-processor, which is a standard Java annotation processor invoked through kapt.

Both generate the same metamodel classes; they are different build tool integrations.

Gradle (Kotlin DSL) with KSP:

plugins {
    id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "2.0.21-1.0.28"
}

dependencies {
    ksp("st.orm:storm-metamodel-ksp:1.11.2")
}

Maven with kapt:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
    <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>kapt</id>
            <goals><goal>kapt</goal></goals>
            <configuration>
                <annotationProcessorPaths>
                    <path>
                        <groupId>st.orm</groupId>
                        <artifactId>storm-metamodel-processor</artifactId>
                        <version>1.11.2</version>
                    </path>
                </annotationProcessorPaths>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

See Metamodel for setup and usage.

KDoc

KDoc is generated per module using Dokka. Select a module below to browse its API documentation.

Module	Description
storm-kotlin	Kotlin API with coroutine support
storm-kotlin-spring	Spring Framework integration for Kotlin
storm-kotlin-spring-boot-starter	Spring Boot auto-configuration for Kotlin
storm-metamodel-ksp	Kotlin Symbol Processing for metamodel generation
storm-kotlinx-serialization	Kotlinx Serialization support