* updateOnly, forceId changes
* support getUpdateOnlyProperties
* fixup! fix updateOrCreate in forceId mode
The contract of `updateOrCreate` is expecting a full object instance
to be passed to the callback.
The current implementation was creating an empty instance and
calling updateAttributes under the hood. As a result, the callback
was called with the attributes being updated only.
In order to preserve existing behaviour, we have to always build
a full initial instance by calling `findById`.
See the following discussion for more context:
https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler/issues/966
* fixup! fix tests of upsert validation
* move forceId to model-builder
* remove TODO comment
* revert refactoring and test fixes
* Remove duplicate test
* change testcase names
* change to ModeClass.settingse
* forceId setup from datasource to model-builder
* fix inheritance of auto-generated forceId
* Fixed failing tests for auto change
* fixed a comment
The PR superseeds the existing deepMerge algorithm used to merge
settings of parent and child models with a new algorithm that allows
to specify the way each setting is merged or mixed-in.
This configuration of this algorithm uses a merge policy specification.
The `getMergePolicy()` helper of BaseModelClass can be used to ease
model merge configuration.
Next is presented the expected merge behaviour for each option.
NOTE: This applies to top-level settings properties
- Any
- `{replace: true}` (default): child replaces the value from parent
- assignin `null` on child setting deletes the inherited setting
- Arrays
- `{replace: false}`: unique elements of parent and child cumulate
- `{rank: true}` adds the model inheritance rank to array
elements of type Object {} as internal property `__rank`
- Object {}:
- `{replace: false}`: deep merges parent and child objects
- `{patch: true}`: child replaces inner properties from parent
The recommended merge policy is returned by getMergePolicy()
when calling the method with option `{configureModelMerge: true}`.
The legacy built-in merge policy is returned by `getMergePolicy()`
when avoiding option `configureModelMerge`.
NOTE: it also delivers ACLs ranking in addition to the legacy
behaviour as well as fixes for settings `description` and `relations`
`getMergePolicy()` can be customized using model's setting
`configureModelMerge` as follows:
```
{
// ..
options: {
configureModelMerge: {
// merge options
}
}
// ..
}
```
`getMergePolicy()` method can also be extended programmatically as
follows:
```
myModel.getMergePolicy = function(options) {
const origin = myModel.base.getMergePolicy(options);
return Object.assign({}, origin, {
// new/overriding options
});
};
```
Creates a new applyDefaultValues option on the Model constructor
defaulting to true, the current behaviour.
Updates the dao module to pass `{ applyDefaultValues: false }` to the
Model constructor during the updateOrCreate method when we assume an
update is happening.
When the setting "persistUndefinedAsNull" is true,
the model will use `null` instead of `undefined` in
all property values.
- Known optional model properties are set to `null` when no value
was provided.
- When setting model properties, `undefined` is always converted
to `null`. This applies to both known (model-defined) properties
and additional (custom, dynamic) properties.
- The instance method `toObject()` converts `undefined` to `null` too.
Because `toJSON()` calls `toObject()` under the hood, the change
applies to `toJSON()` too.
The property allows developers to specify that the default value
should be retrieved via a named function.
Only two built-in functions are supported at the moment:
"guid", "uuid" - generate a new GUID/UUID
"now" - use the current date and time
Support for custom (user-provided) functions is not implemented yet.
Support both promise and callback styles in
ModelBaseClass.notifyObserversOf.
When there is no callback supplied, the method returns a promise that
is resolved (or rejected) with the result.