Add remove_from and .remove_entry

datalite/__init__.py

@@ -92,16 +92,20 @@ def _create_entry(self) -> None:
         con.commit()
 
 
+def remove_from(class_: type, obj_id: int):
+    with sql.connect(getattr(class_, "db_path")) as con:
+        cur: sql.Cursor = con.cursor()
+        cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM {class_.__name__.lower()} WHERE obj_id = {obj_id}")
+        con.commit()
+
+
 def _remove_entry(self) -> None:
     """
     Remove the object's record in the underlying database.
     :param self: self instance.
     :return: None.
     """
-    with sql.connect(getattr(self, "db_path")) as con:
+    remove_from(self.__class__, getattr(self, 'obj_id'))
-        cur: sql.Cursor = con.cursor()
-        cur.execute(f"DELETE FROM {self.__class__.__name__.lower()} WHERE obj_id = {self.obj_id}")
-        con.commit()
 
 
 def datalite(db_path: str, type_overload: Optional[Dict[Optional[type], str]] = None,
@@ -116,11 +120,11 @@ def datalite(db_path: str, type_overload: Optional[Dict[Optional[type], str]] =
             _create_table(dataclass_, cur, type_table)
         setattr(dataclass_, 'db_path', db_path)  # We add the path of the database to class itself.
         dataclass_.create_entry = _create_entry
+        dataclass_.remove_entry = _remove_entry
         return dataclass_
     return decorator
 
 
-
 def is_fetchable(class_: type, obj_id: int) -> bool:
     """
     Check if a record is fetchable given its obj_id and

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="datalite", # Replace with your own username
-    version="0.2.2",
+    version="0.3.0",
     author="Ege Ozkan",
     author_email="egeemirozkan24@gmail.com",
     description="A small package that binds dataclasses to an sqlite database",