This code is written in **HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language)**, commonly...

September 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM

tables = { for table in var.tables : "${table.schema}.${table.name}.${table.version}" => merge(table, { "change_tracking" = table.change_tracking || anytrue([ for stream in local.streams : stream.table == "${table.schema}.${table.name}" ]) }) }

This code is written in HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language), commonly used in Terraform for infrastructure as code. Here's what this snippet does:

Summary of what the code does:

It creates a map (tables) where:

  • The keys are strings composed of the schema, name, and version of each table from the var.tables variable (which appears to be a list of table objects).
  • The values are the result of merging the table object with an additional key (change_tracking) that calculates a value based on specific conditions involving a nested loop over local.streams.

Detailed breakdown:

  1. Iterating over var.tables:

    • The for loop iterates over the tables in the var.tables variable. Each table represents an individual table object.
  2. Key construction:

    • The key for the map being constructed is a string in the format:
      "${table.schema}.${table.name}.${table.version}"
      
      • table.schema, table.name, and table.version are attributes of each table in the var.tables list (likely strings provided by the input variable).
  3. Value construction:

    • The value for each key in the map is created using the merge function, which combines:
      • The original table object.
      • A new key-value pair { "change_tracking" = ... }.
  4. Logic for "change_tracking":

    • The value of the change_tracking key is determined by:
      • Checking table.change_tracking: If this is already true, it remains true.
      • Otherwise (|| serves as a logical "OR"), calculating if any stream in local.streams is associated with the current table by comparing:
        stream.table == "${table.schema}.${table.name}"
        
      • The anytrue() function checks if the above expression evaluates to true for at least one item in the list produced by the for stream in local.streams loop.
  5. End result:

    • The final map (tables) will have keys in the format of "schema.name.version" and values that are updated table objects, including a new or modified change_tracking attribute.

Example/Context:

If var.tables is a list like:

tables = [
  { schema = "public", name = "users", version = "v1", change_tracking = false },
  { schema = "public", name = "orders", version = "v2", change_tracking = false },
]

And local.streams is a list like:

streams = [
  { table = "public.users" },
  { table = "public.orders" },
]

The resulting map (tables) would look like:

tables = {
  "public.users.v1" = {
    schema = "public",
    name = "users",
    version = "v1",
    change_tracking = true
  },
  "public.orders.v2" = {
    schema = "public",
    name = "orders",
    version = "v2",
    change_tracking = true
  }
}

If a table in var.tables had change_tracking = true already, it would remain unchanged.


Key Concepts:

  • for loop and map construction in HCL.
  • Dynamic key-value generation using interpolations.
  • Using anytrue in conjunction with nested for loops for conditional logic.
  • merge function to augment or overwrite original object data.
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