$defineProperty()

defineProperty()

@adonisjs/[email protected] added $defineProperty()

$defineProperty() supports two strategies:

• inherit, which can be used to to take property of parent model and apply to current model
• define, which can be used to define some value on current model

For example

// Get 'primaryKey' from parent model. In case parent model doesn't have it
// default to 'id'
this.$defineProperty('primaryKey', 'id', 'inherit')

// Set secondaryKey to 'uuid', doesn't matter what parent model has it set to
this.$defineProperty('secondaryKey', 'uuid', 'define')

It’s widely used internally, but can also used to define static properties on model that need to be serialized. Especially useful in constructors and boot methods