Database.repository

New in package 166

Syntax

Database.repository(type_name)

A repository is an enumerable object used to query and modify database entities.

Method	Description
`[create]([initial_data])`	Creates a new entity.
`[add]([initial_data])` `[add](entity)`	Adds the new `entity` to the repository. The `entity` will be added to the database on `[Database.saveChanges()]`.
`[get](id[, ifNotExists])`	Returns an entity by entity `id`. Throws an exception if no such entity has been found and ifNotExists parameter has not been specified.
`[delete](entity)`	Deletes the `entity` from the repository. The `entity` will be deleted from the database on `[Database.saveChanges()]`.

Method	Description
`[addReference]('property', referenced-repository, 'referenceId', options)`	Extends all the repository entties with entity.property which references a referenced-repository entity defined by the entity.referenceId.
`[addCollection]('property', query, options)`	Extends all the repository entites with entity.property which represents a collection of entities defined by the query.

`[$schema](options)`	Specifies which data to send to the client and to which fields to apply it when it comes back.
`[getData]([schema])`
`[setData](data [, schema])`

Property	Description
`type`	Type information
`repository`	Repository object

Method	Description
`[on].event( function event( entity ) { ... })` `[on]('event', function event( entity ) { ... })`	Adds a listener for a repository event.

Event	Description
`[objectLoaded]`	Fired when an entity is created or loaded from the database.