Class RecordReference

public

A RecordReference is a low-level API that allows users and addon authors to perform meta-operations on a record.

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returns
String
The id of the record.

The id of the record that this reference refers to.

Together, the type and id properties form a composite key for the identity map.

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let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

userRef.id(); // '1'
returns
String
The identifier of the record.

The identifier of the record that this reference refers to.

Together, the type and id properties form a composite key for the identity map.

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let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

userRef.identifier(); // '1'
returns
Promise<record>
the record for this RecordReference

Triggers a fetch for the backing entity based on its remoteType (see remoteType definitions per reference type).

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let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

// load user (via store.find)
userRef.load().then(...)
objectOrPromise
a JSON:API ResourceDocument or a promise resolving to one
returns
a promise for the value (record or relationship)

This API allows you to provide a reference with new data. The simplest usage of this API is similar to store.push: you provide a normalized hash of data and the object represented by the reference will update.

If you pass a promise to push, Ember Data will not ask the adapter for the data if another attempt to fetch it is made in the interim. When the promise resolves, the underlying object is updated with the new data, and the promise returned by this function is resolved with that object.

For example, recordReference.push(promise) will be resolved with a record.

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 let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

 // provide data for reference
 userRef.push({
   data: {
     id: "1",
     type: "user",
     attributes: {
       username: "@user"
     }
   }
 }).then(function(user) {
   userRef.value() === user;
 });
returns
Promise<record>
the record for this RecordReference

Reloads the record if it is already loaded. If the record is not loaded it will load the record via store.findRecord

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let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

// or trigger a reload
userRef.reload().then(...)
returns
String
'identity'

How the reference will be looked up when it is loaded. Currently this always returns identity to signify that a record will be loaded by its type and id.

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const userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

userRef.remoteType(); // 'identity'
returns
Model
the record for this RecordReference

If the entity referred to by the reference is already loaded, it is present as reference.value. Otherwise the value returned by this function is null.

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 let userRef = store.getReference('user', 1);

 userRef.value(); // user