piton-entity v0.1.7

piton-entity - Common functions to work with data entities

Tools for managing objects that represent business entities

Installation

$ npm install piton-entity

Usage

var EntityDefinition = require('piton-entity');

var entityDefinition = EntityDefinition.createEntityDefinition({
	name: {
		tag: ['update'],
		name: 'Full Name'
	},
	age: {
		type: 'number',
		defaultValue: 0
	},
	active: {
		type: 'boolean',
		defaultValue: true
	},
	phoneNumber: {
		tag: ['update']
	}
});

var blank = entityDefinition.makeBlank();
// blank is now equal to:
//	{
//		name: null,
//		age: null,
//		active: null,
//		phoneNumber: null
//	}

var default = entityDefinition.makeDefault();
// default is now equal to:
//	{
//		name: null,
//		age: 0,
//		active: true,
//		phoneNumber: null
//	}

var stripped = entityDefinition.stripUnknownProperties({
	name: 'Dom',
	extra: 'This should not be here'
});
// stripped is now equal to:
//	{
//		name: 'Dom'
//	}

Credits

Paul Serby Dom Harrington

Licence

Licenced under the New BSD License