HalModel

HalModel is an abstract class which enriches your models with the HAL functionalies.

constructor(resource: RawHalResource = {}, private datastore: DatastoreService)

Properties

• endpoint: string

  • used for build resource URLs
  • readonly
  • can be set via ModelConfig decorator
  • default value: the value of endpoint property from the model decorator
  • NOTE: either this getter has to be implemented or endpoint must be specified in the model constructor

• uniqueModelIdentificator: string

  • returns unique model identificator
  • default: URL to the resource

• id: string

  • returns the model ID parsed from self link

• networkConfig: NetworkConfig

  • returns network config specified on a model level

• isSaved: boolean

  • return true if model is saved, else otherwise

• selfLink: string

  • GET: returns URL to the resource
  • SET: sets selfLink property of the model if it is not already set

Methods

getHalDocumentClass

getHalDocumentClass<T extends this>(): HalDocumentConstructor<T>;

• returns HalDocument class which is defined on the model level

getRelationshipUrl

getRelationshipUrl(relationshipName: string): string;

• returns URL for fetching relationshipName relationship

getPropertyData

getPropertyData(propertyName: string): ModelProperty;

• returns the information about propertyName property

getEmbeddedResource

getEmbeddedResource(resourceName: string): RawHalResource | undefined;

• returns HAL formatted object which represents a model (or models) under resourceName relationship
• returns undefined if such object does not exist in the resource response
• it searches for the object under resource[resourceName] and inside the embedded property, ie. resource._embedded[resourceName]

generatePayload

generatePayload(): object;

• maps model attribute properties to a simple object and returns that object

save

save(): Observable<this>;

• calls save method on a datastore service which then makes POST/PUT request for the current model
• see DatastoreService

Decorators

Model properties must be decorated with one of the following decorator:

• Attribute
• HasOne
• HasMany