EntityMetadata

Metadata for an Entity, this metadata can be used in the user interface to provide a richer UI experience

entityType

The class type of the entity

key

The Entity's key also used as it's url

fields

Metadata for the Entity's fields

caption

A human readable caption for the entity. Can be used to achieve a consistent caption for a field throughout the app

example:

<h1>Create a new item in {taskRepo.metadata.caption}</h1>

see:

EntityOptions.caption

dbName

The name of the table in the database that holds the data for this entity. If no name is set in the entity options, the key will be used instead.

see:

EntityOptions.dbName

options

The options send to the Entity's decorator

see:

EntityOptions

apiUpdateAllowed

true if the current user is allowed to update an entity instance

see:

• @example

Arguments:

• item

apiReadAllowed

true if the current user is allowed to read from entity

see:

EntityOptions.allowApiRead

example:

if (repo(Task).metadata.apiReadAllowed){
  await taskRepo.find()
}

apiDeleteAllowed

true if the current user is allowed to delete an entity instance *

see:

EntityOptions.allowApiDelete

example:

if (repo(Task).metadata.apiDeleteAllowed(task)){
  // display delete button
}

Arguments:

• item

apiInsertAllowed

true if the current user is allowed to create an entity instance

see:

EntityOptions.allowApiInsert

example:

if (repo(Task).metadata.apiInsertAllowed(task)){
  // display insert button
}

Arguments:

• item

getDbName

• getDbName

idMetadata

Metadata for the Entity's id

see:

EntityOptions.id for configuration