Field
Decorates fields that should be used as fields. for more info see: Field Types
example
// as an object
@Fields.string({includeInApi:false })
title='';
example
// as an arrow function that receives `remult` as a parameter
@Fields.string((options,remult)=> options.includeInApi = true)
title='';
caption
A human readable name for the field. Can be used to achieve a consistent caption for a field throughout the app
example
<input placeholder={taskRepo.metadata.fields.title.caption}/>
allowNull
If it can store null in the database
includeInApi
If this field data is included in the api.
seeallowed
allowApiUpdate
If this field data can be updated in the api.
seeallowed
validate
An arrow function that'll be used to perform validations on it
example
@Fields.string({
validate: Validators.required
})
example
@Fields.string<task>({
validate: task=>{
if (task.title.length<3)
throw "Too Short";
}
})
example
@Fields.string({
validate: (_, fieldRef)=>{
if (fieldRef.value.length<3)
fieldRef.error = "Too Short";
}
})
serverExpression
An expression that will determine this fields value on the backend and be provided to the front end
Arguments:
- entity
dbName
The name of the column in the database that holds the data for this field. If no name is set, the key will be used instead.
sqlExpression
Used or fields that are based on an sql expressions, instead of a physical table column
example
@Fields.integer({
sqlExpression:e=> 'length(title)'
})
titleLength = 0;
@Fields.string()
title='';
dbReadOnly
For fields that shouldn't be part of an update or insert statement
valueConverter
The value converter to be used when loading and saving this field
displayValue
an arrow function that translates the value to a display value
Arguments:
- entity
- value
defaultValue
an arrow function that determines the default value of the field, when the entity is created using the repo.create
method
Arguments:
- entity
inputType
The html input type for this field
lazy
Determines if the referenced entity will be loaded immediately or on demand.
*seelazy* loading of related entities
valueType
The value type for this field
target
The entity type to which this field belongs
key
The key to be used for this field
saving
- saving