@deepkit/type v1.0.1-alpha.155

@deepkit/type

@deepkit/type is the by far fastest TypeScript serializer for JSON-representable data from JSON objects to class instances to database records and vice versa, written in and for TypeScript. @deepkit/type uses a JIT engine, generating highly optimized serialization functions on the fly. deepkit/type is an addition to JSON.parse(), not a replacement.

It introduces the concept of decorating your entity class or class methods once with all necessary decorators (like type declaration, indices, and relations) using only @deepkit/type's TypeScript decorators agnostic to any serialization target by saving only the metadata, and then use it everywhere: frontend, backend, CLI, database records, http-transport, rpc serialization, query parameter, DTOs, and database, including validations.

Features

• Fastest serialization and validation thanks to a JIT engine. It's by far the fastest serialization library for both, Nodejs and browsers.
• Supported types: String, Number, Boolean, Date, Moment.js, ArrayBuffer (binary), custom classes, Array, object maps, any.
• Typed arrays: Int8Array, Uint8Array, Uint8ClampedArray, Int16Array, Uint16Array, Int32Array, Uint32Array, Float32Array, Float64Array
• Cross referencing/Circular references using @t.type(() => MyClass)
• Constructor support (required property can be placed in constructor) making it suitable for Typescript strict compiling
• Validation: Built-in, custom class and inline validators
• Decorated property values (e.g. JSON uses plain Array, class instance uses a custom Collection class)
• Partial/Patch serialising (ideal for serialising JSON Patch and the like)
• Complex models with parent references
• Support declaring method arguments and return type for method serialization
• Implicit type detection as far as Typescript allows it technically
• Supports getters
• One decorator for all. Best and most efficient UX possible, with full type hinting support
• Soft type castings (so implicit cast from number -> string, if necessary)