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+(ns gpml.db.jdbc-util
+  (:require [camel-snake-kebab.core :refer [->snake_case ->kebab-case]]
+            [camel-snake-kebab.extras :as cske]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
+            [medley.core :as medley])
+  (:import [org.postgresql.util PSQLException]))
+
+(def ^:const integrity-constraint-violation-state-codes
+  {:integrity-constraint "23000"
+   :restrict "23001"
+   :not-null "23502"
+   :foreign-key "23503"
+   :unique "23505"
+   :check "23514"
+   :exclusion "23P01"})
+
+(defn- is-constraint-violation?
+  [^PSQLException exception constraint]
+  (let [message (ex-message exception)]
+    (and
+     (= (get integrity-constraint-violation-state-codes (:type constraint))
+        (.getSQLState exception))
+     (seq message)
+     (str/includes? message (:name constraint)))))
+
+(defn with-constraint-violation-check-fn
+  [constraints body-fn]
+  (try
+    (body-fn)
+    (catch PSQLException e
+      (if-let [reason (:error-reason (medley/find-first
+                                      (partial is-constraint-violation? e)
+                                      constraints))]
+        {:success? false
+         :reason reason
+         :error-details {:msg (ex-message e)}}
+        {:success? false
+         :reason :unknown-sql-error
+         :error-details {:msg (ex-message e)}}))
+    (catch Throwable t
+      {:success? false
+       :reason :exception
+       :error-details {:msg (ex-message t)}})))
+
+(defmacro with-constraint-violation-check
+  [constraints & body]
+  `(with-constraint-violation-check-fn
+     ~constraints
+     (fn [] ~@body)))
+
+(defn db-params-kebab-kw->db-params-snake-kw
+  [db-params]
+  (cske/transform-keys ->snake_case db-params))
+
+(defn db-result-snake-kw->db-result-kebab-kw
+  [db-result]
+  (cske/transform-keys ->kebab-case db-result))