Class Model

public

Base class from which Models can be define.

import Model, { attr } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class User extends Model {
  @attr name;
}

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Available since v2.5.0

name
String

of the relationship

returns
BelongsToReference

reference for this relationship

Get the reference for the specified belongsTo relationship.

Example

app/models/blog.js
import Model, { belongsTo } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class BlogModel extends Model {
  @belongsTo({ async: true }) user;
}
let blog = store.push({
  data: {
    type: 'blog',
    id: 1,
    relationships: {
      user: {
        data: { type: 'user', id: 1 }
      }
    }
  }
});
let userRef = blog.belongsTo('user');

// check if the user relationship is loaded
let isLoaded = userRef.value() !== null;

// get the record of the reference (null if not yet available)
let user = userRef.value();

// get the identifier of the reference
if (userRef.remoteType() === "id") {
  let id = userRef.id();
} else if (userRef.remoteType() === "link") {
  let link = userRef.link();
}

// load user (via store.findRecord or store.findBelongsTo)
userRef.load().then(...)

// or trigger a reload
userRef.reload().then(...)

// provide data for reference
userRef.push({
  type: 'user',
  id: 1,
  attributes: {
    username: "@user"
  }
}).then(function(user) {
  userRef.value() === user;
});
returns
Object

an object, whose keys are changed properties, and value is an [oldProp, newProp] array.

Returns an object, whose keys are changed properties, and value is an [oldProp, newProp] array.

The array represents the diff of the canonical state with the local state of the model. Note: if the model is created locally, the canonical state is empty since the adapter hasn't acknowledged the attributes yet:

Example

app/models/mascot.js
import Model, { attr } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class MascotModel extends Model {
  @attr('string') name;
  @attr('boolean', {
    defaultValue: false
  })
  isAdmin;
}
let mascot = store.createRecord('mascot');

mascot.changedAttributes(); // {}

mascot.set('name', 'Tomster');
mascot.changedAttributes(); // { name: [undefined, 'Tomster'] }

mascot.set('isAdmin', true);
mascot.changedAttributes(); // { isAdmin: [undefined, true], name: [undefined, 'Tomster'] }

mascot.save().then(function() {
  mascot.changedAttributes(); // {}

  mascot.set('isAdmin', false);
  mascot.changedAttributes(); // { isAdmin: [true, false] }
});

Marks the record as deleted but does not save it. You must call save afterwards if you want to persist it. You might use this method if you want to allow the user to still rollbackAttributes() after a delete was made.

Example

app/controllers/model/delete.js
import Controller from '@ember/controller';
import { action } from '@ember/object';

export default class ModelDeleteController extends Controller {
  @action
  softDelete() {
    this.model.deleteRecord();
  }

  @action
  confirm() {
    this.model.save();
  }

  @action
  undo() {
    this.model.rollbackAttributes();
  }
}
options
Object
returns
Promise

a promise that will be resolved when the adapter returns successfully or rejected if the adapter returns with an error.

Same as deleteRecord, but saves the record immediately.

Example

app/controllers/model/delete.js
import Controller from '@ember/controller';
import { action } from '@ember/object';

export default class ModelDeleteController extends Controller {
  @action
  delete() {
    this.model.destroyRecord().then(function() {
      this.transitionToRoute('model.index');
    });
  }
}

If you pass an object on the adapterOptions property of the options argument it will be passed to your adapter via the snapshot

record.destroyRecord({ adapterOptions: { subscribe: false } });
app/adapters/post.js
import MyCustomAdapter from './custom-adapter';

export default class PostAdapter extends MyCustomAdapter {
  deleteRecord(store, type, snapshot) {
    if (snapshot.adapterOptions.subscribe) {
      // ...
    }
    // ...
  }
}
callback
Function

The callback to execute

binding
Object

the value to which the callback's this should be bound

Iterates through the attributes of the model, calling the passed function on each attribute.

The callback method you provide should have the following signature (all parameters are optional):

function(name, meta);
  • name the name of the current property in the iteration
  • meta the meta object for the attribute property in the iteration

Note that in addition to a callback, you can also pass an optional target object that will be set as this on the context.

Example

import Model, { attr } from '@ember-data/model';

class PersonModel extends Model {
   @attr('string') firstName;
   @attr('string') lastName;
   @attr('date') birthday;
 }

PersonModel.eachAttribute(function(name, meta) {
   console.log(name, meta);
 });

// prints:
// firstName {type: "string", isAttribute: true, options: Object, parentType: function, name: "firstName"}
// lastName {type: "string", isAttribute: true, options: Object, parentType: function, name: "lastName"}
// birthday {type: "date", isAttribute: true, options: Object, parentType: function, name: "birthday"}
callback
Function

the callback to invoke

binding
Any

the value to which the callback's this should be bound

Given a callback, iterates over each of the types related to a model, invoking the callback with the related type's class. Each type will be returned just once, regardless of how many different relationships it has with a model.

callback
Function

the callback to invoke

binding
Any

the value to which the callback's this should be bound

Given a callback, iterates over each of the relationships in the model, invoking the callback with the name of each relationship and its relationship descriptor.

The callback method you provide should have the following signature (all parameters are optional):

function(name, descriptor);
  • name the name of the current property in the iteration
  • descriptor the meta object that describes this relationship

The relationship descriptor argument is an object with the following properties.

  • key String the name of this relationship on the Model
  • kind String "hasMany" or "belongsTo"
  • options Object the original options hash passed when the relationship was declared
  • parentType Model the type of the Model that owns this relationship
  • type String the type name of the related Model

Note that in addition to a callback, you can also pass an optional target object that will be set as this on the context.

Example

app/serializers/application.js
import JSONSerializer from '@ember-data/serializer/json';

export default class ApplicationSerializer extends JSONSerializer {
   serialize(record, options) {
   let json = {};

   record.eachRelationship(function(name, descriptor) {
     if (descriptor.kind === 'hasMany') {
       let serializedHasManyName = name.toUpperCase() + '_IDS';
       json[serializedHasManyName] = record.get(name).mapBy('id');
     }
   });

   return json;
 }
  }
callback
Function

The callback to execute

binding
Object

the value to which the callback's this should be bound

Iterates through the transformedAttributes of the model, calling the passed function on each attribute. Note the callback will not be called for any attributes that do not have an transformation type.

The callback method you provide should have the following signature (all parameters are optional):

function(name, type);
  • name the name of the current property in the iteration
  • type a string containing the name of the type of transformed applied to the attribute

Note that in addition to a callback, you can also pass an optional target object that will be set as this on the context.

Example

import Model, { attr } from '@ember-data/model';

let Person = Model.extend({
   firstName: attr(),
   lastName: attr('string'),
   birthday: attr('date')
 });

Person.eachTransformedAttribute(function(name, type) {
   console.log(name, type);
 });

// prints:
// lastName string
// birthday date

Available since v2.5.0

name
String

of the relationship

returns
HasManyReference

reference for this relationship

Get the reference for the specified hasMany relationship.

Example

app/models/blog.js
import Model, { hasMany } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class BlogModel extends Model {
  @hasMany({ async: true }) comments;
}

let blog = store.push({
  data: {
    type: 'blog',
    id: 1,
    relationships: {
      comments: {
        data: [
          { type: 'comment', id: 1 },
          { type: 'comment', id: 2 }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
});
let commentsRef = blog.hasMany('comments');

// check if the comments are loaded already
let isLoaded = commentsRef.value() !== null;

// get the records of the reference (null if not yet available)
let comments = commentsRef.value();

// get the identifier of the reference
if (commentsRef.remoteType() === "ids") {
  let ids = commentsRef.ids();
} else if (commentsRef.remoteType() === "link") {
  let link = commentsRef.link();
}

// load comments (via store.findMany or store.findHasMany)
commentsRef.load().then(...)

// or trigger a reload
commentsRef.reload().then(...)

// provide data for reference
commentsRef.push([{ type: 'comment', id: 1 }, { type: 'comment', id: 2 }]).then(function(comments) {
  commentsRef.value() === comments;
});
name
String

the name of the relationship

store
Store
returns
Object

the inverse relationship, or null

Find the relationship which is the inverse of the one asked for.

For example, if you define models like this:

app/models/post.js
import Model, { hasMany } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class PostModel extends Model {
   @hasMany('message') comments;
 }
app/models/message.js
import Model from '@ember-data/model';
import { belongsTo } from '@ember-decorators/data';

export default class MessageModel extends Model {
   @belongsTo('post') owner;
 }
store.modelFor('post').inverseFor('comments', store) // { type: App.Message, name: 'owner', kind: 'belongsTo' }
store.modelFor('message').inverseFor('owner', store) // { type: App.Post, name: 'comments', kind: 'hasMany' }
options
Object

optional, may include adapterOptions hash which will be passed to adapter request

returns
Promise

a promise that will be resolved with the record when the adapter returns successfully or rejected if the adapter returns with an error.

Reload the record from the adapter.

This will only work if the record has already finished loading.

Example

app/controllers/model/view.js
import Controller from '@ember/controller';
import { action } from '@ember/object';

export default class ViewController extends Controller {
  @action
  reload() {
    this.model.reload().then(function(model) {
    // do something with the reloaded model
    });
  }
}

Available since v1.13.0

If the model hasDirtyAttributes this function will discard any unsaved changes. If the model isNew it will be removed from the store.

Example

record.get('name'); // 'Untitled Document'
record.set('name', 'Doc 1');
record.get('name'); // 'Doc 1'
record.rollbackAttributes();
record.get('name'); // 'Untitled Document'
options
Object
returns
Promise

a promise that will be resolved when the adapter returns successfully or rejected if the adapter returns with an error.

Save the record and persist any changes to the record to an external source via the adapter.

Example

record.set('name', 'Tomster');
record.save().then(function() {
  // Success callback
}, function() {
  // Error callback
});

If you pass an object using the adapterOptions property of the options argument it will be passed to your adapter via the snapshot.

record.save({ adapterOptions: { subscribe: false } });
app/adapters/post.js
import MyCustomAdapter from './custom-adapter';

export default class PostAdapter extends MyCustomAdapter {
  updateRecord(store, type, snapshot) {
    if (snapshot.adapterOptions.subscribe) {
      // ...
    }
    // ...
  }
}
options
Object
returns
Object

an object whose values are primitive JSON values only

Create a JSON representation of the record, using the serialization strategy of the store's adapter.

serialize takes an optional hash as a parameter, currently supported options are:

  • includeId: true if the record's ID should be included in the JSON representation.
options
Object
returns
Object

A JSON representation of the object.

Use JSONSerializer to get the JSON representation of a record.

toJSON takes an optional hash as a parameter, currently supported options are:

  • includeId: true if the record's ID should be included in the JSON representation.

Returns the name of the model class.

name
String

the name of the relationship

store
Store

an instance of Store

returns
Model

the type of the relationship, or undefined

For a given relationship name, returns the model type of the relationship.

For example, if you define a model like this:

app/models/post.js
import Model, { hasMany } from '@ember-data/model';

export default class PostModel extends Model {
  @hasMany('comment') comments;
}

Calling store.modelFor('post').typeForRelationship('comments', store) will return Comment.

Unloads the record from the store. This will not send a delete request to your server, it just unloads the record from memory.