How to support multiple RealmMigrations

Question

We have multiple android libraries that are independent to each other & relies on core library. Core library has CoreRealmManager, which is responsible for all realm operations.

 app
  | --- lib-module-a
  |       \-- lib-module-c
  |       \-- lib-core
  |
  | -x- lib-module-b
  |       \-- lib-core
  |
  | --- lib-module-c
  |       \-- lib-core
  |
  | --- lib-module-d
  |       \-- lib-core
  |
  | --- lib-core

These libraries can be added optionally to an app & optionally app can also have RealmClasses. Each library when initialized calls CoreRealmManager.addModule(Object additionalModule) before calling realm.

At a given point if multiple libraries & app wants to migrate. How to achieve? Realm provides support only for Single RealmMigration only.

@NonNull
static RealmConfiguration.Builder getConfigBundle() {
    RealmConfiguration.Builder builder = new RealmConfiguration.Builder();
    builder.schemaVersion(DB_VERSION)
            .modules(Realm.getDefaultModule(),
                    // Add additional library modules
                    getAdditionalModules());

    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
        builder.deleteRealmIfMigrationNeeded();
    } else {
        // Set migration manager
        builder.migration(new MigrationManager()); // <-- Support multiple migration manager?

        byte[] secretKey = getSecretKey();
        if (secretKey != null) {
            builder.encryptionKey(secretKey);
        }
    }
    return builder;
}

What is the problem of doing everything in single MigrationManager? — algrid, Oct 08 '17 at 18:50
Following the composite design pattern just like I mentioned for multiple `initialData()` in https://stackoverflow.com/a/45592632/2413303 — EpicPandaForce, Oct 08 '17 at 19:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '17 at 19:01

You can create a MigrationManager that can handle a list of migrations and then let each submodule register their own migration with that.

Something like

public class MigrationManager implements RealmMigration {

    List<RealmMigration> migrations = new ArrayList<>();

    public void addMigration(RealmMigration migration) {
        migrations.add(migration);
    }

    @Override
    public void migrate(DynamicRealm realm, long oldVersion, long newVersion) {
        for (RealmMigration migration : migrations) {
            migration.migrate(realm, oldVersion, newVersion);
        }
    }
}

How to support multiple RealmMigrations

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