@mikro-orm/core 7.0.0-dev.39 → 7.0.0-dev.40

package/EntityManager.d.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { type EntityRepository } from './entity/EntityRepository.js';
 import { EntityLoader, type EntityLoaderOptions } from './entity/EntityLoader.js';
 import { Reference } from './entity/Reference.js';
 import { UnitOfWork } from './unit-of-work/UnitOfWork.js';
-import type { CountOptions, DeleteOptions, FindAllOptions, FindByCursorOptions, FindOneOptions, FindOneOrFailOptions, FindOptions, GetReferenceOptions, IDatabaseDriver, LockOptions, NativeInsertUpdateOptions, StreamOptions, UpdateOptions, UpsertManyOptions, UpsertOptions } from './drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
-import type { AnyEntity, AnyString, ArrayElement, AutoPath, ConnectionType, Dictionary, EntityData, EntityDictionary, EntityDTO, EntityMetadata, EntityName, FilterQuery, FromEntityType, GetRepository, IHydrator, IsSubset, Loaded, MaybePromise, MergeLoaded, MergeSelected, NoInfer, ObjectQuery, Primary, Ref, RequiredEntityData, UnboxArray } from './typings.js';
+import type { CountOptions, DeleteOptions, FilterOptions, FindAllOptions, FindByCursorOptions, FindOneOptions, FindOneOrFailOptions, FindOptions, GetReferenceOptions, IDatabaseDriver, LockOptions, NativeInsertUpdateOptions, StreamOptions, UpdateOptions, UpsertManyOptions, UpsertOptions } from './drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
+import type { AnyEntity, AnyString, ArrayElement, AutoPath, ConnectionType, Dictionary, EntityData, EntityDictionary, EntityDTO, EntityMetadata, EntityName, FilterDef, FilterQuery, FromEntityType, GetRepository, IHydrator, IsSubset, Loaded, MaybePromise, MergeLoaded, MergeSelected, NoInfer, ObjectQuery, Primary, Ref, RequiredEntityData, UnboxArray } from './typings.js';
 import { FlushMode, LockMode, PopulatePath, type TransactionOptions } from './enums.js';
 import type { MetadataStorage } from './metadata/MetadataStorage.js';
 import type { Transaction } from './connections/Connection.js';
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ export declare class EntityManager<Driver extends IDatabaseDriver = IDatabaseDri
     /**
      * Registers global filter to this entity manager. Global filters are enabled by default (unless disabled via last parameter).
      */
-    addFilter<T1>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1>>), entityName?: EntityName<T1> | [EntityName<T1>], enabled?: boolean): void;
+    addFilter<T1>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1>>), entityName?: EntityName<T1> | [EntityName<T1>], options?: boolean | Partial<FilterDef>): void;
     /**
      * Registers global filter to this entity manager. Global filters are enabled by default (unless disabled via last parameter).
      */
-    addFilter<T1, T2>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1 | T2> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1 | T2>>), entityName?: [EntityName<T1>, EntityName<T2>], enabled?: boolean): void;
+    addFilter<T1, T2>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1 | T2> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1 | T2>>), entityName?: [EntityName<T1>, EntityName<T2>], options?: boolean | Partial<FilterDef>): void;
     /**
      * Registers global filter to this entity manager. Global filters are enabled by default (unless disabled via last parameter).
      */
-    addFilter<T1, T2, T3>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1 | T2 | T3> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1 | T2 | T3>>), entityName?: [EntityName<T1>, EntityName<T2>, EntityName<T3>], enabled?: boolean): void;
+    addFilter<T1, T2, T3>(name: string, cond: FilterQuery<T1 | T2 | T3> | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<T1 | T2 | T3>>), entityName?: [EntityName<T1>, EntityName<T2>, EntityName<T3>], options?: boolean | Partial<FilterDef>): void;
     /**
      * Registers global filter to this entity manager. Global filters are enabled by default (unless disabled via last parameter).
      */
-    addFilter(name: string, cond: Dictionary | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<AnyEntity>>), entityName?: EntityName<AnyEntity> | EntityName<AnyEntity>[], enabled?: boolean): void;
+    addFilter(name: string, cond: Dictionary | ((args: Dictionary) => MaybePromise<FilterQuery<AnyEntity>>), entityName?: EntityName<AnyEntity> | EntityName<AnyEntity>[], options?: boolean | Partial<FilterDef>): void;
     /**
      * Sets filter parameter values globally inside context defined by this entity manager.
      * If you want to set shared value for all contexts, be sure to use the root entity manager.
@@ -145,15 +145,18 @@ export declare class EntityManager<Driver extends IDatabaseDriver = IDatabaseDri
     protected processWhere<Entity extends object, Hint extends string = never, Fields extends string = '*', Excludes extends string = never>(entityName: string, where: FilterQuery<Entity>, options: FindOptions<Entity, Hint, Fields, Excludes> | FindOneOptions<Entity, Hint, Fields, Excludes>, type: 'read' | 'update' | 'delete'): Promise<FilterQuery<Entity>>;
     protected applyDiscriminatorCondition<Entity extends object>(entityName: string, where: FilterQuery<Entity>): FilterQuery<Entity>;
     protected createPopulateWhere<Entity extends object>(cond: ObjectQuery<Entity>, options: FindOptions<Entity, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<Entity, any, any, any> | CountOptions<Entity, any>): ObjectQuery<Entity>;
-    protected getJoinedFilters<Entity extends object>(meta: EntityMetadata<Entity>, cond: ObjectQuery<Entity>, options: FindOptions<Entity, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<Entity, any, any, any>): Promise<ObjectQuery<Entity>>;
+    protected getJoinedFilters<Entity extends object>(meta: EntityMetadata<Entity>, options: FindOptions<Entity, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<Entity, any, any, any>): Promise<ObjectQuery<Entity> | undefined>;
     /**
      * When filters are active on M:1 or 1:1 relations, we need to ref join them eagerly as they might affect the FK value.
      */
-    protected autoJoinRefsForFilters<T extends object>(meta: EntityMetadata<T>, options: FindOptions<T, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<T, any, any, any>): Promise<void>;
+    protected autoJoinRefsForFilters<T extends object>(meta: EntityMetadata<T>, options: FindOptions<T, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<T, any, any, any>, parent?: {
+        className: string;
+        propName: string;
+    }): Promise<void>;
     /**
      * @internal
      */
-    applyFilters<Entity extends object>(entityName: string, where: FilterQuery<Entity> | undefined, options: Dictionary<boolean | Dictionary> | string[] | boolean, type: 'read' | 'update' | 'delete', findOptions?: FindOptions<any, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<any, any, any, any>): Promise<FilterQuery<Entity> | undefined>;
+    applyFilters<Entity extends object>(entityName: string, where: FilterQuery<Entity> | undefined, options: FilterOptions | undefined, type: 'read' | 'update' | 'delete', findOptions?: FindOptions<any, any, any, any> | FindOneOptions<any, any, any, any>): Promise<FilterQuery<Entity> | undefined>;
     /**
      * Calls `em.find()` and `em.count()` with the same arguments (where applicable) and returns the results as tuple
      * where the first element is the array of entities, and the second is the count.

package/EntityManager.js

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
         // save the original hint value so we know it was infer/all
         options._populateWhere = options.populateWhere ?? this.config.get('populateWhere');
         options.populateWhere = this.createPopulateWhere({ ...where }, options);
-        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, { ...where }, options);
+        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, options);
         const results = await em.driver.find(entityName, where, { ctx: em.transactionContext, em, ...options });
         if (results.length === 0) {
             await em.storeCache(options.cache, cached, []);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
         // save the original hint value so we know it was infer/all
         options._populateWhere = options.populateWhere ?? this.config.get('populateWhere');
         options.populateWhere = this.createPopulateWhere({ ...where }, options);
-        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, { ...where }, options);
+        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, options);
         const stream = em.driver.stream(entityName, where, {
             ctx: em.transactionContext,
             mapResults: false,
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ export class EntityManager {
     /**
      * Registers global filter to this entity manager. Global filters are enabled by default (unless disabled via last parameter).
      */
-    addFilter(name, cond, entityName, enabled = true) {
-        const options = { name, cond, default: enabled };
+    addFilter(name, cond, entityName, options = true) {
+        options = typeof options === 'object' ? { name, cond, default: true, ...options } : { name, cond, default: options };
         if (entityName) {
             options.entity = Utils.asArray(entityName).map(n => Utils.className(n));
         }
@@ -339,29 +339,39 @@ export class EntityManager {
         }
         return ret;
     }
-    async getJoinedFilters(meta, cond, options) {
+    async getJoinedFilters(meta, options) {
+        if (!this.config.get('filtersOnRelations') || !options.populate) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
         const ret = {};
-        if (options.populate) {
-            for (const hint of options.populate) {
-                const field = hint.field.split(':')[0];
-                const prop = meta.properties[field];
-                const strategy = getLoadingStrategy(prop.strategy || hint.strategy || options.strategy || this.config.get('loadStrategy'), prop.kind);
-                const joined = strategy === LoadStrategy.JOINED && prop.kind !== ReferenceKind.SCALAR;
-                if (!joined && !hint.filter) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                const where = await this.applyFilters(prop.type, {}, options.filters ?? {}, 'read', { ...options, populate: hint.children });
-                const where2 = await this.getJoinedFilters(prop.targetMeta, {}, { ...options, populate: hint.children, populateWhere: PopulateHint.ALL });
-                if (Utils.hasObjectKeys(where)) {
-                    ret[field] = ret[field] ? { $and: [where, ret[field]] } : where;
+        for (const hint of options.populate) {
+            const field = hint.field.split(':')[0];
+            const prop = meta.properties[field];
+            const strategy = getLoadingStrategy(prop.strategy || hint.strategy || options.strategy || this.config.get('loadStrategy'), prop.kind);
+            const joined = strategy === LoadStrategy.JOINED && prop.kind !== ReferenceKind.SCALAR;
+            if (!joined && !hint.filter) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            const filters = QueryHelper.mergePropertyFilters(prop.filters, options.filters);
+            const where = await this.applyFilters(prop.type, {}, filters, 'read', {
+                ...options,
+                populate: hint.children,
+            });
+            const where2 = await this.getJoinedFilters(prop.targetMeta, {
+                ...options,
+                filters,
+                populate: hint.children,
+                populateWhere: PopulateHint.ALL,
+            });
+            if (Utils.hasObjectKeys(where)) {
+                ret[field] = ret[field] ? { $and: [where, ret[field]] } : where;
+            }
+            if (where2 && Utils.hasObjectKeys(where2)) {
+                if (ret[field]) {
+                    Utils.merge(ret[field], where2);
                 }
-                if (Utils.hasObjectKeys(where2)) {
-                    if (ret[field]) {
-                        Utils.merge(ret[field], where2);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        ret[field] = where2;
-                    }
+                else {
+                    ret[field] = where2;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -370,29 +380,30 @@ export class EntityManager {
     /**
      * When filters are active on M:1 or 1:1 relations, we need to ref join them eagerly as they might affect the FK value.
      */
-    async autoJoinRefsForFilters(meta, options) {
-        if (!meta || !this.config.get('autoJoinRefsForFilters')) {
+    async autoJoinRefsForFilters(meta, options, parent) {
+        if (!meta || !this.config.get('autoJoinRefsForFilters') || options.filters === false) {
             return;
         }
-        const props = meta.relations.filter(prop => {
-            return !prop.object && [ReferenceKind.MANY_TO_ONE, ReferenceKind.ONE_TO_ONE].includes(prop.kind)
-                && ((options.fields?.length ?? 0) === 0 || options.fields?.some(f => prop.name === f || prop.name.startsWith(`${String(f)}.`)));
-        });
         const ret = options.populate;
-        for (const prop of props) {
-            const cond = await this.applyFilters(prop.type, {}, options.filters ?? {}, 'read', options);
+        for (const prop of meta.relations) {
+            if (prop.object
+                || ![ReferenceKind.MANY_TO_ONE, ReferenceKind.ONE_TO_ONE].includes(prop.kind)
+                || !((options.fields?.length ?? 0) === 0 || options.fields?.some(f => prop.name === f || prop.name.startsWith(`${String(f)}.`)))
+                || (parent?.className === prop.targetMeta.root.className && parent.propName === prop.inversedBy)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            options = { ...options, filters: QueryHelper.mergePropertyFilters(prop.filters, options.filters) };
+            const cond = await this.applyFilters(prop.type, {}, options.filters, 'read', options);
             if (!Utils.isEmpty(cond)) {
                 const populated = options.populate.filter(({ field }) => field.split(':')[0] === prop.name);
                 let found = false;
-                if (populated.length > 0) {
-                    for (const hint of populated) {
-                        if (!hint.all) {
-                            hint.filter = true;
-                            found = true;
-                        }
-                        else if (hint.field === `${prop.name}:ref`) {
-                            found = true;
-                        }
+                for (const hint of populated) {
+                    if (!hint.all) {
+                        hint.filter = true;
+                    }
+                    const strategy = getLoadingStrategy(prop.strategy || hint.strategy || options.strategy || this.config.get('loadStrategy'), prop.kind);
+                    if (hint.field === `${prop.name}:ref` || (hint.filter && strategy === LoadStrategy.JOINED)) {
+                        found = true;
                     }
                 }
                 if (!found) {
@@ -400,6 +411,14 @@ export class EntityManager {
                 }
             }
         }
+        for (const hint of ret) {
+            const [field, ref] = hint.field.split(':');
+            const prop = meta?.properties[field];
+            if (prop && !ref) {
+                hint.children ??= [];
+                await this.autoJoinRefsForFilters(prop.targetMeta, { ...options, populate: hint.children }, { className: meta.root.className, propName: prop.name });
+            }
+        }
     }
     /**
      * @internal
@@ -429,7 +448,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
             let cond;
             if (filter.cond instanceof Function) {
                 // @ts-ignore
-                const args = Utils.isPlainObject(options[filter.name]) ? options[filter.name] : this.getContext().filterParams[filter.name];
+                const args = Utils.isPlainObject(options?.[filter.name]) ? options[filter.name] : this.getContext().filterParams[filter.name];
                 if (!args && filter.cond.length > 0 && filter.args !== false) {
                     throw new Error(`No arguments provided for filter '${filter.name}'`);
                 }
@@ -438,13 +457,17 @@ export class EntityManager {
             else {
                 cond = filter.cond;
             }
-            ret.push(QueryHelper.processWhere({
+            cond = QueryHelper.processWhere({
                 where: cond,
                 entityName,
                 metadata: this.metadata,
                 platform: this.driver.getPlatform(),
                 aliased: type === 'read',
-            }));
+            });
+            if (filter.strict) {
+                Object.defineProperty(cond, '__strict', { value: filter.strict, enumerable: false });
+            }
+            ret.push(cond);
         }
         const conds = [...ret, where].filter(c => Utils.hasObjectKeys(c));
         return conds.length > 1 ? { $and: conds } : conds[0];
@@ -555,8 +578,9 @@ export class EntityManager {
     async refresh(entity, options = {}) {
         const fork = this.fork({ keepTransactionContext: true });
         const entityName = entity.constructor.name;
+        const wrapped = helper(entity);
         const reloaded = await fork.findOne(entityName, entity, {
-            schema: helper(entity).__schema,
+            schema: wrapped.__schema,
             ...options,
             flushMode: FlushMode.COMMIT,
         });
@@ -570,13 +594,13 @@ export class EntityManager {
             const ref = em.getReference(e.constructor.name, helper(e).getPrimaryKey());
             const data = helper(e).serialize({ ignoreSerializers: true, includeHidden: true });
             em.config.getHydrator(this.metadata).hydrate(ref, helper(ref).__meta, data, em.entityFactory, 'full', false, true);
-            helper(ref).__originalEntityData = this.comparator.prepareEntity(e);
+            Utils.merge(helper(ref).__originalEntityData, this.comparator.prepareEntity(e));
             found ||= ref === entity;
         }
         if (!found) {
             const data = helper(reloaded).serialize({ ignoreSerializers: true, includeHidden: true });
-            em.config.getHydrator(this.metadata).hydrate(entity, helper(entity).__meta, data, em.entityFactory, 'full', false, true);
-            helper(entity).__originalEntityData = this.comparator.prepareEntity(reloaded);
+            em.config.getHydrator(this.metadata).hydrate(entity, wrapped.__meta, data, em.entityFactory, 'full', false, true);
+            Utils.merge(wrapped.__originalEntityData, this.comparator.prepareEntity(reloaded));
         }
         return entity;
     }
@@ -629,7 +653,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
         // save the original hint value so we know it was infer/all
         options._populateWhere = options.populateWhere ?? this.config.get('populateWhere');
         options.populateWhere = this.createPopulateWhere({ ...where }, options);
-        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, { ...where }, options);
+        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, options);
         const data = await em.driver.findOne(entityName, where, {
             ctx: em.transactionContext,
             em,
@@ -1272,6 +1296,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
             ...options,
             newEntity: !options.managed,
             merge: options.managed,
+            normalizeAccessors: true,
         });
         options.persist ??= em.config.get('persistOnCreate');
         if (options.persist && !this.getMetadata(entityName).embeddable) {
@@ -1321,7 +1346,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
         const meta = em.metadata.find(entityName);
         options._populateWhere = options.populateWhere ?? this.config.get('populateWhere');
         options.populateWhere = this.createPopulateWhere({ ...where }, options);
-        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, { ...where }, options);
+        options.populateFilter = await this.getJoinedFilters(meta, options);
         em.validator.validateParams(where);
         delete options.orderBy;
         const cacheKey = em.cacheKey(entityName, options, 'em.count', where);
@@ -1455,7 +1480,7 @@ export class EntityManager {
         const em = this.getContext();
         em.prepareOptions(options);
         const entityName = arr[0].constructor.name;
-        const preparedPopulate = await em.preparePopulate(entityName, { populate: populate }, options.validate);
+        const preparedPopulate = await em.preparePopulate(entityName, { populate: populate, filters: options.filters }, options.validate);
         await em.entityLoader.populate(entityName, arr, preparedPopulate, options);
         return entities;
     }

package/README.md

@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ See also the list of contributors who [participated](https://github.com/mikro-or
 
 Please ⭐️ this repository if this project helped you!
 
+> If you'd like to support my open-source work, consider sponsoring me directly at [github.com/sponsors/b4nan](https://github.com/sponsors/b4nan).
+
 ## 📝 License
 
 Copyright © 2018 [Martin Adámek](https://github.com/b4nan).

package/decorators/Property.d.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { EntityName, Constructor, CheckCallback, GeneratedColumnCallback, A
 import type { Type, types } from '../types/index.js';
 import type { EntityManager } from '../EntityManager.js';
 import type { SerializeOptions } from '../serialization/EntitySerializer.js';
+import type { FilterOptions } from '../drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
 export declare function Property<T extends object>(options?: PropertyOptions<T>): (target: T, propertyName: string) => any;
 export interface PropertyOptions<Owner> {
     /**
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export interface PropertyOptions<Owner> {
      * Set true to define the properties as setter. (virtual)
      *
      * @example
-     * ```
+     * ```ts
      * @Property({ setter: true })
      * set address(value: string) {
      *     this._address = value.toLocaleLowerCase();
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ export interface PropertyOptions<Owner> {
      * Set true to define the properties as getter. (virtual)
      *
      * @example
-     * ```
+     * ```ts
      * @Property({ getter: true })
      * get fullName() {
      *   return this.firstName + this.lastName;
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ export interface PropertyOptions<Owner> {
      * to the method name.
      *
      * @example
-     * ```
+     * ```ts
      * @Property({ getter: true })
      * getFullName() {
      *   return this.firstName + this.lastName;
@@ -194,6 +195,53 @@ export interface PropertyOptions<Owner> {
      * ```
      */
     getterName?: keyof Owner;
+    /**
+     * When using a private property backed by a public get/set pair, use the `accessor` option to point to the other side.
+     *
+     * > The `fieldName` will be inferred based on the accessor name unless specified explicitly.
+     *
+     * If the `accessor` option points to something, the ORM will use the backing property directly.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * ```ts
+     * @Entity()
+     * export class User {
+     *   // the ORM will use the backing field directly
+     *   @Property({ accessor: 'email' })
+     *   private _email: string;
+     *
+     *   get email() {
+     *     return this._email;
+     *   }
+     *
+     *   set email() {
+     *     return this._email;
+     *   }
+     * }
+     *```
+     *
+     * If you want to the ORM to use your accessor internally too, use `accessor: true` on the get/set property instead.
+     * This is handy if you want to use a native private property for the backing field.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * ```ts
+     * @Entity({ forceConstructor: true })
+     * export class User {
+     *   #email: string;
+     *
+     *   // the ORM will use the accessor internally
+     *   @Property({ accessor: true })
+     *   get email() {
+     *     return this.#email;
+     *   }
+     *
+     *   set email() {
+     *     return this.#email;
+     *   }
+     * }
+     * ```
+     */
+    accessor?: keyof Owner | AnyString | boolean;
     /**
      * Set to define serialized primary key for MongoDB. (virtual)
      * Alias for `@SerializedPrimaryKey()` decorator.
@@ -242,6 +290,8 @@ export interface ReferenceOptions<Owner, Target> extends PropertyOptions<Owner>
     eager?: boolean;
     /** Override the default loading strategy for this property. This option has precedence over the global `loadStrategy`, but can be overridden by `FindOptions.strategy`. */
     strategy?: LoadStrategy | `${LoadStrategy}`;
+    /** Control filter parameters for the relation. This will serve as a default value when processing filters on this relation. It's value can be overridden via `em.fork()` or `FindOptions`. */
+    filters?: FilterOptions;
 }
 /**
  * Inspired by https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/941b584ba135617e55d6685caef671172ec1dc03/src/driver/types/ColumnTypes.ts

package/entity/Collection.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ValidationError } from '../errors.js';
 import { ReferenceKind, DataloaderType } from '../enums.js';
 import { Reference } from './Reference.js';
 import { helper } from './wrap.js';
+import { QueryHelper } from '../utils/QueryHelper.js';
 export class Collection extends ArrayCollection {
     readonly;
     _populated;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export class Collection extends ArrayCollection {
     async load(options = {}) {
         if (this.isInitialized(true) && !options.refresh) {
             const em = this.getEntityManager(this.items, false);
+            options = { ...options, filters: QueryHelper.mergePropertyFilters(this.property.filters, options.filters) };
             await em?.populate(this.items, options.populate, options);
             this.setSerializationContext(options);
         }
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ export class Collection extends ArrayCollection {
             return this;
         }
         const em = this.getEntityManager();
+        options = { ...options, filters: QueryHelper.mergePropertyFilters(this.property.filters, options.filters) };
         if (options.dataloader ?? [DataloaderType.ALL, DataloaderType.COLLECTION].includes(em.config.getDataloaderType())) {
             const order = [...this.items]; // copy order of references
             const orderBy = this.createOrderBy(options.orderBy);

package/entity/EntityFactory.d.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface FactoryOptions {
     recomputeSnapshot?: boolean;
     schema?: string;
     parentSchema?: string;
+    normalizeAccessors?: boolean;
 }
 export declare class EntityFactory {
     private readonly em;

package/entity/EntityFactory.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { EventType, ReferenceKind } from '../enums.js';
 import { Reference } from './Reference.js';
 import { helper } from './wrap.js';
 import { EntityHelper } from './EntityHelper.js';
+import { JsonType } from '../types/JsonType.js';
 export class EntityFactory {
     em;
     driver;
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ export class EntityFactory {
                         if ([ReferenceKind.MANY_TO_ONE, ReferenceKind.ONE_TO_ONE].includes(prop.kind) && Utils.isPlainObject(data[prop.name])) {
                             data[prop.name] = Utils.getPrimaryKeyValues(data[prop.name], prop.targetMeta, true);
                         }
-                        data[prop.name] = prop.customType.convertToDatabaseValue(data[prop.name], this.platform, { key: prop.name, mode: 'hydration' });
+                        if (prop.customType instanceof JsonType && this.platform.convertsJsonAutomatically()) {
+                            data[prop.name] = prop.customType.convertToDatabaseValue(data[prop.name], this.platform, { key: prop.name, mode: 'hydration' });
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ export class EntityFactory {
                 this.create(prop.type, data[prop.name], options); // we can ignore the value, we just care about the `mergeData` call
             }
         });
+        this.unitOfWork.normalizeEntityData(meta, originalEntityData);
         helper(entity).__touched = false;
     }
     createReference(entityName, id, options = {}) {
@@ -244,10 +248,10 @@ export class EntityFactory {
     }
     hydrate(entity, meta, data, options) {
         if (options.initialized) {
-            this.hydrator.hydrate(entity, meta, data, this, 'full', options.newEntity, options.convertCustomTypes, options.schema, this.driver.getSchemaName(meta, options));
+            this.hydrator.hydrate(entity, meta, data, this, 'full', options.newEntity, options.convertCustomTypes, options.schema, this.driver.getSchemaName(meta, options), options.normalizeAccessors);
         }
         else {
-            this.hydrator.hydrateReference(entity, meta, data, this, options.convertCustomTypes, options.schema, this.driver.getSchemaName(meta, options));
+            this.hydrator.hydrateReference(entity, meta, data, this, options.convertCustomTypes, options.schema, this.driver.getSchemaName(meta, options), options.normalizeAccessors);
         }
         Utils.keys(data).forEach(key => {
             helper(entity)?.__loadedProperties.add(key);

package/entity/EntityHelper.js

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class EntityHelper {
                 });
                 return;
             }
-            if (prop.inherited || prop.primary || prop.persist === false || prop.trackChanges === false || prop.embedded || isCollection) {
+            if (prop.inherited || prop.primary || prop.accessor || prop.persist === false || prop.trackChanges === false || prop.embedded || isCollection) {
                 return;
             }
             Object.defineProperty(meta.prototype, prop.name, {
@@ -113,7 +113,18 @@ export class EntityHelper {
     static defineCustomInspect(meta) {
         // @ts-ignore
         meta.prototype[inspect.custom] ??= function (depth = 2) {
-            const object = { ...this };
+            const object = {};
+            const keys = new Set(Utils.keys(this)); // .sort((a, b) => (meta.propertyOrder.get(a) ?? 0) - (meta.propertyOrder.get(b) ?? 0));
+            for (const prop of meta.props) {
+                if (keys.has(prop.name) || (prop.getter && prop.accessor === prop.name)) {
+                    object[prop.name] = this[prop.name];
+                }
+            }
+            for (const key of keys) {
+                if (!meta.properties[key]) {
+                    object[key] = this[key];
+                }
+            }
             // ensure we dont have internal symbols in the POJO
             [OptionalProps, EntityRepositoryType, PrimaryKeyProp, EagerProps, HiddenProps].forEach(sym => delete object[sym]);
             meta.props
@@ -172,6 +183,10 @@ export class EntityHelper {
                 continue;
             }
             const inverse = value?.[prop2.name];
+            if (prop.ref && owner[prop.name]) {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line dot-notation
+                owner[prop.name]['property'] = prop;
+            }
             if (Utils.isCollection(inverse) && inverse.isPartial()) {
                 continue;
             }

package/entity/EntityLoader.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import type { AnyEntity, ConnectionType, Dictionary, EntityProperty, FilterQuery, PopulateOptions } from '../typings.js';
+import type { AnyEntity, ConnectionType, EntityProperty, FilterQuery, PopulateOptions } from '../typings.js';
 import type { EntityManager } from '../EntityManager.js';
 import { LoadStrategy, type LockMode, type PopulateHint, PopulatePath, type QueryOrderMap } from '../enums.js';
-import type { EntityField } from '../drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
+import type { EntityField, FilterOptions } from '../drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
 import type { LoggingOptions } from '../logging/Logger.js';
 export type EntityLoaderOptions<Entity, Fields extends string = PopulatePath.ALL, Excludes extends string = never> = {
     where?: FilterQuery<Entity>;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export type EntityLoaderOptions<Entity, Fields extends string = PopulatePath.ALL
     lookup?: boolean;
     convertCustomTypes?: boolean;
     ignoreLazyScalarProperties?: boolean;
-    filters?: Dictionary<boolean | Dictionary> | string[] | boolean;
+    filters?: FilterOptions;
     strategy?: LoadStrategy;
     lockMode?: Exclude<LockMode, LockMode.OPTIMISTIC>;
     schema?: string;

package/entity/EntityLoader.js

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export class EntityLoader {
         const visited = options.visited ??= new Set();
         options.where ??= {};
         options.orderBy ??= {};
-        options.filters ??= {};
         options.lookup ??= true;
         options.validate ??= true;
         options.refresh ??= false;
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ export class EntityLoader {
         }
     }
     async findChildren(entities, prop, populate, options, ref) {
-        const children = this.getChildReferences(entities, prop, options, ref);
+        const children = Utils.unique(this.getChildReferences(entities, prop, options, ref));
         const meta = prop.targetMeta;
         let fk = Utils.getPrimaryKeyHash(meta.primaryKeys);
         let schema = options.schema;
@@ -270,6 +269,24 @@ export class EntityLoader {
             // @ts-ignore not a public option, will be propagated to the populate call
             visited: options.visited,
         });
+        if ([ReferenceKind.ONE_TO_ONE, ReferenceKind.MANY_TO_ONE].includes(prop.kind) && items.length !== children.length) {
+            const nullVal = this.em.config.get('forceUndefined') ? undefined : null;
+            const itemsMap = new Set();
+            const childrenMap = new Set();
+            for (const item of items) {
+                itemsMap.add(helper(item).getSerializedPrimaryKey());
+            }
+            for (const child of children) {
+                childrenMap.add(helper(child).getSerializedPrimaryKey());
+            }
+            for (const entity of entities) {
+                const key = helper(entity[prop.name] ?? {})?.getSerializedPrimaryKey();
+                if (childrenMap.has(key) && !itemsMap.has(key)) {
+                    entity[prop.name] = nullVal;
+                    helper(entity).__originalEntityData[prop.name] = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         for (const item of items) {
             if (ref && !helper(item).__onLoadFired) {
                 helper(item).__initialized = false;
@@ -293,6 +310,7 @@ export class EntityLoader {
         if (prop.kind === ReferenceKind.SCALAR && !prop.lazy) {
             return;
         }
+        options = { ...options, filters: QueryHelper.mergePropertyFilters(prop.filters, options.filters) };
         const populated = await this.populateMany(entityName, entities, populate, options);
         if (!populate.children && !populate.all) {
             return;

package/entity/Reference.d.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { AddEager, AddOptional, Dictionary, EntityClass, EntityKey, EntityP
 import type { FindOneOptions, FindOneOrFailOptions } from '../drivers/IDatabaseDriver.js';
 export declare class Reference<T extends object> {
     private entity;
+    private property?;
     constructor(entity: T);
     static create<T extends object>(entity: T | Ref<T>): Ref<T>;
     static createFromPK<T extends object>(entityType: EntityClass<T>, pk: Primary<T>, options?: {