change IIdentifiable interface to use a string instead of int

internal/data/DefaultRepository.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package data
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func NewDefaultRepository[T IIdentifiable](ds IDatastore, prefix string) (*Defau
 // error if there already exists an entry with the same id, the json encoding
 // fails or the connection to the IDatastore fails.
 func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Create(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(t.Id()), 10)
+    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
     exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
     if err != nil { return err }
     if exists { return errors.New("entry with given id already exists") }
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Create(t T) error {
 // t. Trows an error if the json encoding fails or the connection to the
 // IDatastore fails.
 func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Update(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(t.Id()), 10)
+    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
     exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
     if err != nil { return err }
     if !exists { return errors.New("no entry with given id") }
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Update(t T) error {
 // Delete the entry with the same id as t in the repository. Trows an error if
 // the connection to the IDatastore fails or the key of t does not exist.
 func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) Delete(t T) error {
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(t.Id()), 10)
+    key := repo.prefix + ":" + t.Id()
 
     exists, err := repo.ds.KeyExists(key)
     if err != nil { return err }
@@ -86,12 +85,8 @@ func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetAll() ([]T, error) {
         splitkey := strings.Split(key, ":")
         if splitkey[0] == repo.prefix {
 
-            // convert id to an int
-            id, err := strconv.ParseUint(splitkey[1], 10, 0)
-            if err != nil { return nil, err }
-
             // retrieve the object
-            obj, err := repo.GetById(uint(id))
+            obj, err := repo.GetById(splitkey[1])
             if err != nil { return nil, err }
             out = append(out, obj)
 
@@ -103,10 +98,10 @@ func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetAll() ([]T, error) {
 
 // Get the objects of type T from the repository that has the given id. Trows an error
 // if the connection to the IDatastore or the decoding process fails.
-func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetById(id uint) (T, error) {
+func (repo *DefaultRepository[T]) GetById(id string) (T, error) {
     var obj T
 
-    key := repo.prefix + ":" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(id), 10)
+    key := repo.prefix + ":" + id
     value, err := repo.ds.Get(key)
     if err != nil { return obj, err }
     

internal/data/IIdentifiable.go

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package data
 
 // TODO docstring
 type IIdentifiable interface {
-    Id() uint
+    Id() string // not allowed to contain a ':'
 }

internal/data/IRepository.go

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ type IRepository[T IIdentifiable] interface {
     Update(t T)                         error
     Delete(t T)                         error
     GetAll()                            ([]T, error)
-    GetById(id uint)                    (T, error)
+    GetById(id string)                  (T, error)
     GetByCriteria(c ISearchCriteria[T]) ([]T, error)
 }

internal/model/article.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 // TODO docstring
 type Article struct {
-    Identifier  uint
     SourceUrl   string
     PublishDate time.Time
     FetchDate   time.Time
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ type Article struct {
 // Generates a hash based on the source url of the article. Can be used to
 // identify the article.
 func (article *Article) Hash() string {
-
     hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(article.SourceUrl))
     return hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
 }
@@ -30,6 +28,6 @@ func (article *Article) Hash() string {
 // --- implement IIdentifiable interface ---
 
 // Using the Identifier attribute as the Id.
-func (article *Article) Id() uint {
+func (article *Article) Id() string {
-    return article.Identifier
+    return article.Hash()
 }