Quick start
Modélico's goal is to parse JSON strings like
{
"name": "Robbie"
}
into JavaScript custom objects so that we can do things like this:
const myPet = M.fromJSON(Animal, petJson)
myPet.speak() // => 'my name is Robbie!'
Here is how
Animal would look like:const M = require('modelico')
class Animal extends M.createModel(m => ({
name: m.string()
})) {
speak() {
const name = this.name()
return (name === '') ? `I don't have a name` : `My name is ${name}!`
}
}
The name is required by default. See the Optional / null values page to change the default behaviour.
With a bit more effort, we can have a detailed JSON schema, with the benefits that they bring, eg. integration with JSON Shema Faker to generate random data.
const M = require('modelico')
const Ajv = require('ajv')
class Animal extends M.createAjvModel(new Ajv(), m => ({
name: m.string({minLength: 1})
})) {
speak () {
const name = this.name()
// the validation is only applied when reviving, not when creating new
// instances directly (ie. new Animal({name: ''})) does not throw
return (name === '') ? `I don't have a name` : `My name is ${name}!`
}
}
Now when can do the following to get the schema:
M.getSchema(Animal);
// =>
// {
// "type": "object",
// "properties": {
// "name": {
// "$ref": "#/definitions/2"
// }
// },
// "required": ["name"],
// "definitions": {
// "2": {
// "type": "string",
// "minLength": 1
// }
// }
// }
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