Alchemy

Serialization and deserialization of data models

Synopsis

import { Model, Field } from '@agape/model'
import alchemy from '@agape/alchemy'

@Model class Foo {
    @Field foo: string;
    @Field bar: Date;
}

const foo = new Foo()
foo.foo = 'baz'
foo.bar = new Date('2023-05-22T10:00:00Z')

const dto = alchemy.deflate(foo)

const restored = alchemy.inflate(dto)

Description

Create data transfer objects from agape model instance and inflate DTOs back to model instances.

Class

Alchemy

Build menus using the item(...) method

Properties

serializers

Map of serializers that have been registered with the alchemy instance

Methods

register( class, serializer )

Register a serializer for transmuting an object

inflate( model, flattened )

Create a model instance from a data transfer object

deflate( model, instance )

Create a data transfer object from a model instance

Interfaces

Serializer

Methods

inflate( value )

Restore an object from it's serialized state

deflate( object )

Serialize an object

Types

Transmuted<T>

Generic type representing the serialized version of T

Included Serializers

DateSerializer

Serializer for inflating and deflating Date objects

Author

Maverik Minett [email protected]

Copyright

© 2023 Maverik Minett

License

MIT