merchi_sdk_ts 0.0.1-a

package/src/entity.ts

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+import 'reflect-metadata';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { RequestOptions } from './request';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { Merchi } from './merchi';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { NotificationType } from './constants/notification_types';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { NotificationSection } from './constants/notification_sections';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { Role } from './constants/roles';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { DomainType } from './constants/domain_types';
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+import { ProductType } from './constants/product_types';
+import { generateUUID } from './uuid';
+
+function toUnixTimestamp(date: Date) {
+  return parseInt(String(date.getTime() / 1000)).toFixed(0);
+}
+
+interface Counter {
+  value: number;
+}
+
+interface PropertyOptions {
+  embeddedByDefault?: boolean;
+  jsonName?: string;
+  type?: any;
+  arrayType?: string;
+}
+
+export interface EmbedDescriptor {
+  [property: string]: {} | EmbedDescriptor;
+}
+
+export interface NestedIncludeArchivedDescriptor {
+  [property: string]: {} | boolean | NestedIncludeArchivedDescriptor;
+}
+
+export type IncludeArchivedDescriptor = boolean | NestedIncludeArchivedDescriptor;
+
+interface FromJsonOptions {
+  arrayValueStrict?: boolean;
+  makeDirty?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface CreateOptions {
+  withRights?: boolean;
+  embed?: EmbedDescriptor;
+}
+
+interface SaveOptions {
+  withRights?: boolean;
+  embed?: EmbedDescriptor;
+}
+
+interface DeleteOptions {
+  withRights?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface GetOptions {
+  embed?: EmbedDescriptor;
+  includeArchived?: IncludeArchivedDescriptor;
+  withRights?: boolean;
+}
+
+export enum SerialiseMethod {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  TO_DICT = 'to_dict',
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  ONLY_ID = 'only_id',
+}
+
+interface ListOptions {
+  as?: string;
+  asRole?: Role;
+  businessDomainsOnly?: boolean;
+  categoryId?: number;
+  clientId?: number;
+  clientCompanyId?: number;
+  clientOnly?: boolean;
+  companyCustomerId?: number;
+  companyId?: number;
+  companySupplierId?: number;
+  componentId?: number;
+  dateFrom?: Date;
+  dateTo?: Date;
+  domainRoles?: Role[];
+  domainTypes?: DomainType[];
+  doesNotHaveAdminDomain?: boolean;
+  embed?: EmbedDescriptor;
+  entityTypes?: number[];
+  exclude?: number[];
+  excludeComponents?: string[];
+  excludeDomains?: number[];
+  groupBuyForJobId?: number;
+  groupBuyOnly?: boolean;
+  inbound?: boolean;
+  includeOnly?: number[];
+  inDomain?: number;
+  inDomainName?: string;
+  inDomainRoles?: number[];
+  isMaster?: boolean;
+  isOrder?: boolean;
+  isPrivate?: boolean;
+  jobNotifiable?: number;
+  limit?: number;
+  managedDomainsOnly?: boolean;
+  managedOnly?: boolean;
+  managerId?: number;
+  masterProduct?: number;
+  memberOnly?: boolean;
+  merchiOnly?: boolean;
+  notificationJob?: number;
+  notificationRecipient?: number;
+  notificationType?: NotificationType;
+  offset?: number;
+  orClientId?: number;
+  orClientCompanyId?: number;
+  order?: string;
+  originalOf?: number;
+  platformCategoryId?: number;
+  productTypes?: ProductType[];
+  publicOnly?: boolean;
+  q?: string;
+  receiverId?: number;
+  relatedAssignment?: number;
+  relatedComponent?: number;
+  relatedDraft?: number;
+  relatedJob?: number;
+  relatedProduct?: number;
+  relatedUser?: number;
+  savedByUser?: number;
+  section?: NotificationSection;
+  senderRole?: Role;
+  serialiseMethod?: SerialiseMethod;
+  shopifyOnly?: boolean;
+  sort?: string;
+  state?: string;
+  supplierResellOnly?: boolean;
+  tab?: string;
+  tags?: number[];
+  tagsInternal?: number[];
+  tagNames?: string[];
+  teamOnly?: boolean;
+  withRights?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ListMetadata {
+  canCreate?: boolean;
+  available: number;
+  count: number;
+  limit: number;
+  offset: number;
+}
+
+export interface ListResponse<T> {
+  items: T[];
+  metadata: ListMetadata;
+}
+
+interface SerialiseOptions {
+  existing?: FormData;
+  excludeOld?: boolean;
+  _prefix?: string;
+}
+
+interface PropertyInfo {
+  property: string;  // this is the json name, e.g. 'id'
+  attribute: string;  // this is the js attribute name, e.g. '_id'
+  type: Function;  // e.g. Number
+  arrayType?: Entity;  // if type is an array, arrayType is the element type
+  dirty: boolean;  // true if out of date with server
+  currentValue?: any;  // type is actually `this.type | undefined`
+  updatingOrder: boolean;
+  embeddedByDefault: boolean;
+}
+
+export class Entity {
+  private static jsonNameKey = Symbol('jsonName');
+  private static arrayTypeKey = Symbol('arrayType');
+  private static extraOptionsKey = Symbol('extraOptions');
+  private static propertiesSetKey = Symbol('propertiesSet');
+
+  protected static resourceName: string;
+  protected static singularName: string;
+  protected static pluralName: string;
+  protected static primaryKey = 'id';
+
+  // these will be set by the parent Merchi object
+  public merchi!: Merchi;
+  public static merchi: Merchi;
+
+  public isDirty = false;
+  // maps json names like 'id' to information about that property
+  public propertiesMap: Map<string, PropertyInfo>;
+  public readonly backObjects: Set<Entity> = new Set();
+
+  public key = generateUUID();
+
+  protected isSingleEntityProperty(info: PropertyInfo) {
+    // the choice of 'Product' below is unimportant -- all Entities should
+    // have the same prototype but i don't know how to get instanceof
+    // working, so i just compare prototypes directly.
+    return (
+      info.type.prototype === this.merchi.Product.prototype ||
+      info.type.prototype instanceof Entity
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected static property(options?: PropertyOptions) {
+    return function (target: Entity, propertyKey: string) {
+      if (!options) {
+        options = {};
+      }
+      const arrayType = options.arrayType;
+      const jsonName = options.jsonName || propertyKey;
+      let properties = Reflect.getMetadata(Entity.propertiesSetKey,
+        target.constructor);
+      properties = properties || new Set();
+      properties.add(propertyKey);
+      Reflect.defineMetadata(Entity.propertiesSetKey, properties,
+        target.constructor);
+      Reflect.defineMetadata(Entity.jsonNameKey, jsonName, target,
+        propertyKey);
+      Reflect.defineMetadata(Entity.arrayTypeKey, arrayType, target,
+        propertyKey);
+      Reflect.defineMetadata(Entity.extraOptionsKey, options, target,
+        propertyKey);
+    };
+  }
+
+  protected makePropertiesMap() {
+    const map = new Map();
+    const self = this;
+    const properties = Reflect.getMetadata(Entity.propertiesSetKey,
+      this.constructor);
+    properties.forEach(function(attributeName: any) {
+      const jsonName = Reflect.getMetadata(Entity.jsonNameKey, self,
+        attributeName);
+      const propertyType = Reflect.getMetadata('design:type', self,
+        attributeName);
+        // the array type is needed because 'design:type' breaks down
+        // with recursive classes, and also, does not contain the type
+        // of an arrays elements, which we need
+      const arrayType = Reflect.getMetadata(Entity.arrayTypeKey, self,
+        attributeName);
+      const realArrayType = self.getEntityClass(arrayType);
+      const options: PropertyOptions =
+         Reflect.getMetadata(Entity.extraOptionsKey, self, attributeName);
+      if (arrayType !== undefined) {
+        /* istanbul ignore next */
+        if (propertyType !== Object && propertyType !== Array) {
+          /* istanbul ignore next */
+          throw new Error('array type can only be given for arrays');
+        }
+      }
+      let type;
+      if (options.type === undefined) {
+        type = propertyType;
+      } else {
+        type = options.type;
+        if (typeof type === 'string') {
+          type = self.getEntityClass(type);
+        }
+        if (type.prototype instanceof Entity) {
+          type = self.merchi.setupClass(type);
+        }
+      }
+      const normallyEmbeddedByDefault = !(realArrayType ||
+        type.prototype instanceof Entity);
+      const embeddedByDefault = options.embeddedByDefault !== undefined ?
+        options.embeddedByDefault : normallyEmbeddedByDefault;
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      if (type === Object) {
+        /* istanbul ignore next */
+        const resource = (self.constructor as typeof Entity).resourceName;
+        const err = 'Bad attribute type ' +
+          `${resource}.${attributeName}: ${type}`;
+        throw new Error(err);
+      }
+      const propertyInfo: PropertyInfo = {property: jsonName,
+        attribute: attributeName,
+        type: type,
+        arrayType: realArrayType,
+        embeddedByDefault: embeddedByDefault,
+        dirty: true,
+        updatingOrder: false};
+      map.set(jsonName, propertyInfo);
+    });
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  public constructor(merchi?: Merchi) {
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    if (merchi !== undefined) {
+      this.merchi = merchi;
+    }
+    this.propertiesMap = this.makePropertiesMap();
+    this.setupProperties();
+  }
+
+  public getPrimaryKeyValue = () => {
+    const name: string = (this.constructor as typeof Entity).primaryKey;
+    const info = this.propertiesMap.get(name);
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    if (info !== undefined) {
+      return info.currentValue;
+    }
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  private setupProperties = () => {
+    const properties: any = {};
+    const makeSetSingle = (info: PropertyInfo) => {
+      const get = () => {
+        return info.currentValue;
+      };
+      const set = (newValue?: Entity) => {
+        info.currentValue = newValue;
+        this.addBackObject(newValue);
+        this.markDirty(info.property, newValue);
+      };
+      return { get: get,
+        set: set};
+    };
+    const makeSetScalar = (info: PropertyInfo) => {
+      const get = () => {
+        return info.currentValue;
+      };
+      const set = (newValue: any) => {
+        info.currentValue = newValue;
+        this.markDirty(info.property, newValue);
+      };
+      return { get: get,
+        set: set};
+    };
+    const makeSetArray = (info: PropertyInfo) => {
+      const get = () => {
+        return info.currentValue;
+      };
+      const set = (newValue?: Entity[]) => {
+        info.currentValue = newValue;
+        this.addBackObjectList(newValue);
+        this.markDirty(info.property, newValue);
+      };
+      return { get: get,
+        set: set};
+    };
+    for (const info of this.propertiesMap.values()) {
+      if (info.type.prototype instanceof Entity) {
+        properties[info.attribute] = makeSetSingle(info);
+      } else if (info.arrayType) {
+        properties[info.attribute] = makeSetArray(info);
+      } else {
+        properties[info.attribute] = makeSetScalar(info);
+      }
+    }
+    Object.defineProperties(this, properties);
+  };
+
+  public static get<T extends typeof Entity>(this: T, key: number | string,
+    options?: GetOptions):
+    Promise<InstanceType<T>>{
+    const resource = `/${this.resourceName}/${String(key)}/`;
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {};
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (options && options.embed) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['embed', JSON.stringify(options.embed)]);
+    }
+    if (options && options.includeArchived) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['include_archived',
+        JSON.stringify(options.includeArchived)]);
+    }
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions).
+      then((data: any) => {
+        const result: InstanceType<T> = (new this()) as InstanceType<T>;
+        result.fromJson(data[this.singularName]);
+        return result;
+      });
+  }
+
+  public static list<T extends typeof Entity>(this: T, options?: ListOptions):
+  Promise<ListResponse<InstanceType<T>>> {
+    const resource = `/${this.resourceName}/`;
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {};
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (options) {
+      if (options.embed) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['embed', JSON.stringify(options.embed)]);
+      }
+      if (options.offset !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['offset', options.offset.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.limit !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['limit', options.limit.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.q !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['q', options.q]);
+      }
+      if (options.sort !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['sort', options.sort]);
+      }
+      if (options.order !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['order', options.order]);
+      }
+      if (options.serialiseMethod !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['serialise_method', options.serialiseMethod]);
+      }
+      if (options.tab !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['tab', options.tab]);
+      }
+      if (options.as !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['as', options.as]);
+      }
+      if (options.state !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['state', options.state]);
+      }
+      if (options.categoryId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['category_id', options.categoryId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.platformCategoryId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['platform_category_id', options.platformCategoryId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.inDomain !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['in_domain', options.inDomain.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.inDomainName !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['in_domain_name', options.inDomainName.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.inDomainRoles !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['in_domain_roles',
+          JSON.stringify(options.inDomainRoles)]);
+      }
+      if (options.isPrivate !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['is_private', options.isPrivate.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.asRole !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['as_role', options.asRole.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.groupBuyOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(
+          ['group_buy_only', options.groupBuyOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.publicOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['public_only', options.publicOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.managedOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['managed_only',
+          options.managedOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.doesNotHaveAdminDomain !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['does_not_have_admin_domain',
+          options.doesNotHaveAdminDomain.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.clientOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['client_only',
+          options.clientOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.teamOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['team_only',
+          options.teamOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.memberOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['member_only', options.memberOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.merchiOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['merchi_only', options.merchiOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.supplierResellOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(
+          ['supplier_resell_only', options.supplierResellOnly.toString()]
+        );
+      }
+      if (options.shopifyOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['shopify_only', options.shopifyOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.inbound !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['inbound', options.inbound.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.isMaster !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['is_master', options.isMaster.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.domainRoles !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['domain_roles',
+          options.domainRoles.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.domainTypes !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['domain_types',
+          options.domainTypes.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.entityTypes !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['entity_types',
+          options.entityTypes.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.productTypes !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['product_types',
+          options.productTypes.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.managedDomainsOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['managed_domains_only',
+          options.managedDomainsOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.businessDomainsOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['business_domains_only',
+          options.businessDomainsOnly.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.dateFrom !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['date_from',
+          toUnixTimestamp(options.dateFrom)]);
+      }
+      if (options.dateTo !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['date_to', toUnixTimestamp(options.dateTo)]);
+      }
+      if (options.originalOf !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['original_of',
+          options.originalOf.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedComponent !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_component',
+          options.relatedComponent.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedAssignment !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_assignment',
+          options.relatedAssignment.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedDraft !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_draft',
+          options.relatedDraft.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedJob !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_job', options.relatedJob.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedProduct !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_product',
+          options.relatedProduct.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.jobNotifiable !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['job_notifiable',
+          options.jobNotifiable.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.notificationType !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['notification_type',
+          options.notificationType.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.notificationRecipient !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['notification_recipient',
+          options.notificationRecipient.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.notificationJob !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['notification_job',
+          options.notificationJob.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.relatedUser !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['related_user',
+          options.relatedUser.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.clientId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['client_id', options.clientId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.managerId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['manager_id', options.managerId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.masterProduct !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['master_product', options.masterProduct.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.clientCompanyId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['client_company_id',
+          options.clientCompanyId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.savedByUser !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['saved_by_user',
+          options.savedByUser.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.receiverId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['receiver_id', options.receiverId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.companyCustomerId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['company_customer_id', options.companyCustomerId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.companyId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['company_id', options.companyId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.companySupplierId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['company_supplier_id', options.companySupplierId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.componentId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['component_id',
+          options.componentId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.groupBuyForJobId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['group_buy_for_job_id',
+          options.groupBuyForJobId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.section !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['section', options.section.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.senderRole !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['sender_role', options.senderRole.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.isOrder) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['is_order', 'true']);
+      }
+      if (options.tags !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['tags', options.tags.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.tagsInternal !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['tags_internal', options.tagsInternal.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.tagNames !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['tag_names', options.tagNames.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.exclude !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['exclude', options.exclude.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.excludeComponents !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(
+          ['exclude_components', options.excludeComponents.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.excludeDomains !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(
+          ['exclude_domains', options.excludeDomains.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.includeOnly !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['include_only', options.includeOnly.join(',')]);
+      }
+      if (options.orClientId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(['or_client_id', options.orClientId.toString()]);
+      }
+      if (options.orClientCompanyId !== undefined) {
+        fetchOptions.query.push(
+          ['or_client_company_id', options.orClientCompanyId.toString()]);
+      }
+    }
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions).then((data: any) => {
+      const metadata = {canCreate: data.canCreate,
+        available: data.available,
+        count: data.count,
+        limit: data.limit,
+        offset: data.offset};
+      const pluralName = this.pluralName;
+      const singularName = this.singularName;
+      const items: any[] = data[pluralName];
+      const entities = [];
+      for (const item of items) {
+        const entity: InstanceType<T> = (new this()) as InstanceType<T>;
+        entity.fromJson(item[singularName]);
+        entities.push(entity);
+      }
+      return {items: entities,
+        metadata: metadata};
+    });
+  }
+
+  public save = (options?: SaveOptions) => {
+    const primaryKey: number | string = this.getPrimaryKeyValue();
+    const constructor = this.constructor as typeof Entity;
+    const resourceName: string = constructor.resourceName;
+    const singularName: string = constructor.singularName;
+    const resource = `/${resourceName}/${String(primaryKey)}/`;
+    const data = this.toFormData();
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {method: 'PATCH',
+      body: data};
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (options && options.embed) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['embed', JSON.stringify(options.embed)]);
+    }
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions).then((data: any) => {
+      this.fromJson(data[singularName]);
+      this.cleanDirty();
+      return this;
+    });
+  };
+
+  public createFactory = (
+    {resourceName = (this.constructor as typeof Entity).resourceName}
+  ) => (options?: CreateOptions) => {
+    const resource = `/${resourceName}/`;
+    const data = this.toFormData();
+    const singularName = (this.constructor as typeof Entity).singularName;
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {method: 'POST',
+      body: data};
+
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (options && options.embed) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['embed', JSON.stringify(options.embed)]);
+    }
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions).
+      then((data: any) => {
+        this.fromJson(data[singularName]);
+        this.cleanDirty();
+        return this;});
+  };
+
+  public create = this.createFactory({});
+
+  private getEntityClass = (name: string) => {
+    if (name === undefined) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return (this.merchi as any)[name];
+  };
+
+  public cleanDirty = () => {
+    // remove all dirty records of this entity, makes it untouched
+    // entity
+    this.isDirty = false;
+    for (const entry of this.propertiesMap.entries()) {
+      const propertyInfo = entry[1];
+      propertyInfo.dirty = false;
+      if (propertyInfo.currentValue !== undefined) {
+        if (propertyInfo.arrayType) {
+          propertyInfo.currentValue.map((v: any) => v.cleanDirty());
+        } else if (this.isSingleEntityProperty(propertyInfo)) {
+          if (propertyInfo.currentValue) {
+            propertyInfo.currentValue.cleanDirty();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+
+  public fromJson = (json: any, options?: FromJsonOptions) => {
+    options = options || {};
+    const { makeDirty = false, arrayValueStrict = true } = options;
+    options = { makeDirty, arrayValueStrict };
+    for (const key in json) {
+      const value: any = (json as any)[key];
+      if (value === undefined) continue;
+      const propertyInfo = this.propertiesMap.get(key);
+      if (propertyInfo !== undefined) {
+        propertyInfo.dirty = makeDirty;
+        if (propertyInfo.arrayType) {
+          // ignore array value if it is not an array and we did expect it
+          if (!arrayValueStrict && !Array.isArray(value)) continue;
+          const newValue: any = value.map((item: any, index: number) => {
+            const currentValue: any = propertyInfo.currentValue;
+            // if property already have an array of entities as relationship,
+            // try to merge with json one by one, this behavior may need to be
+            // configurable in the future.
+            if (currentValue && currentValue[index]) {
+              return currentValue[index].fromJson(item, options);
+            }
+            const nested = new (propertyInfo.arrayType as any)(this.merchi);
+            return nested.fromJson(item, options);
+          });
+          propertyInfo.currentValue = newValue;
+        } else if (this.isSingleEntityProperty(propertyInfo)) {
+          // if property already have a entity as relationship, try to merge
+          // with json first, this behavior may need to be configurable in the
+          // future.
+          if (propertyInfo.currentValue) {
+            propertyInfo.currentValue.fromJson(value, options);
+          } else {
+            const nested = new (propertyInfo.type as any)(this.merchi);
+            propertyInfo.currentValue = nested.fromJson(value, options);
+          }
+        } else {
+          propertyInfo.currentValue = value;
+          if (propertyInfo.type === Date && !!value) {
+            propertyInfo.currentValue = new Date(value * 1000);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return this;
+  };
+
+  public toJson = () => {
+    const json: any = {};
+    for (const entry of this.propertiesMap.entries()) {
+      const propertyName = entry[0];
+      const propertyInfo = entry[1];
+      if (propertyInfo.currentValue !== undefined) {
+        if (propertyInfo.arrayType) {
+          const array = propertyInfo.currentValue.map((v: any) => v.toJson());
+          json[propertyName] = array;
+        } else if (this.isSingleEntityProperty(propertyInfo)) {
+          if (propertyInfo.currentValue === null) {
+            json[propertyName] = null;
+          } else {
+            json[propertyName] = propertyInfo.currentValue.toJson();
+          }
+        } else {
+          const value = propertyInfo.currentValue;
+          json[propertyName] = value;
+          if (propertyInfo.type === Date && !!value) {
+            json[propertyName] = value.getTime() / 1000;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return json;
+  };
+
+  protected forEachProperty = (fn: (i: PropertyInfo) => void) => {
+    for (const info of this.propertiesMap.values()) {
+      fn(info);
+    }
+  };
+
+  public toFormData = (options?: SerialiseOptions,
+    fileIndex?: Counter): FormData => {
+    if (options === undefined) {
+      options = {};
+    }
+    const result = options.existing || new FormData();
+    const prefix = options._prefix || '';
+    const excludeOld = options.excludeOld === undefined ?
+      true : options.excludeOld;
+    if (fileIndex === undefined) {
+      fileIndex = {value: 0};
+    }
+    const appendData = (name: string, value: any) => {
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      if (name === undefined || value === undefined) {
+        /* istanbul ignore next */
+        return;
+      }
+      if (prefix) {
+        name = prefix + '-' + name;
+      }
+      result.set(name, value);
+    };
+    if ((this as any).fileData !== undefined) {
+      result.set(String(fileIndex.value), (this as any).fileData);
+      appendData('fileDataIndex', fileIndex.value);
+      fileIndex.value++;
+    }
+    const processArrayProperty = (info: PropertyInfo, value: Entity[]) => {
+      const remoteCount = value.length;
+      const initialLength = Array.from((result as any).entries()).length;
+      if (remoteCount === 0 && info.dirty) {
+        appendData(info.property + '-count', 0);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      let isDirty = false;
+      for (const item of value) {
+        if (item.isDirty) {
+          isDirty = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      isDirty = isDirty || info.dirty;
+      if (!isDirty && excludeOld) {
+        return;
+      }
+      for (let i = 0; i < remoteCount; ++i) {
+        let innerPrefix = info.property + '-' + i;
+        if (prefix) {
+          innerPrefix = prefix + '-' + innerPrefix;
+        }
+        value[i].toFormData(
+          {existing: result, _prefix: innerPrefix, excludeOld: excludeOld},
+          fileIndex);
+      }
+      const finalLength = Array.from((result as any).entries()).length;
+      if ((finalLength - initialLength) > 0) {
+        appendData(info.property + '-count', remoteCount);
+        if (info.updatingOrder) {
+          appendData(info.property + '-*updateOrder', 'true');
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    const processSingleEntityProperty = (info: PropertyInfo, value: Entity) => {
+      const primaryKey: string = (this.constructor as typeof Entity).primaryKey;
+      let innerPrefix = info.property + '-0';
+      if (prefix) {
+        innerPrefix = prefix + '-' + innerPrefix;
+      }
+      if (value === null) {
+        if (info.dirty || !excludeOld) {
+          appendData(info.property + '-0-' + primaryKey, '-1');
+          appendData(info.property + '-count', 1);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!(info.dirty || (value.isDirty)) && excludeOld) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const initialLength = Array.from((result as any).entries()).length;
+      value.toFormData(
+        {existing: result, _prefix: innerPrefix, excludeOld: excludeOld},
+        fileIndex);
+      const finalLength = Array.from((result as any).entries()).length;
+      if ((finalLength - initialLength) > 0) {
+        appendData(info.property + '-count', 1);
+      }
+    };
+    const processScalarProperty = (info: PropertyInfo, value: any) => {
+      const primaryKey: string = (this.constructor as typeof Entity).primaryKey;
+      if (!excludeOld ||
+        info.dirty ||
+        (info.property === primaryKey && value)) {
+        if (info.type === Date && !!value) {
+          value = value.getTime() / 1000;
+        }
+        appendData(info.property, value);
+      }
+    };
+    const processProperty = (info: PropertyInfo) => {
+      const value = (this as any)[info.attribute];
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        return;
+      } else if (info.arrayType) {
+        processArrayProperty(info, value);
+      } else if (this.isSingleEntityProperty(info)) {
+        processSingleEntityProperty(info, value);
+      } else {
+        processScalarProperty(info, value);
+      }
+    };
+    this.forEachProperty(processProperty);
+    return result;
+  };
+
+  protected addBackObject = (remote?: Entity) => {
+    if (remote !== undefined) {
+      remote.backObjects.add(this);
+    }
+  };
+
+  protected addBackObjectList = (remotes?: Entity[]) => {
+    if (remotes !== undefined) {
+      remotes.forEach(this.addBackObject);
+    }
+  };
+
+  public updateOrder = (property: string) => {
+    (this.propertiesMap.get(property) as PropertyInfo).updatingOrder = true;
+  };
+
+  protected markDirty = (property: string, newValue: any) => {
+    if (newValue === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    (this.propertiesMap.get(property) as PropertyInfo).dirty = true;
+    const openSet: Entity[] = [];  /* Queue (BFS) */
+    const closedSet = new Set();
+    openSet.push(this);
+    while (openSet.length > 0) {
+      const current = openSet.shift() as Entity;
+      if (!closedSet.has(current)) {
+        current.isDirty = true;
+        closedSet.add(current);
+        for (const child of current.backObjects) openSet.push(child);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  public delete = (options?: DeleteOptions) => {
+    const primaryKey: number = this.getPrimaryKeyValue();
+    const resourceName: string = (this.constructor as any).resourceName;
+    const resource = `/${resourceName}/${String(primaryKey)}/`;
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {method: 'DELETE'};
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    if (this.merchi.sessionToken) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['session_token', this.merchi.sessionToken]);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions, true).then(
+      () => {return this;});
+  };
+
+  public recover = (options?: SaveOptions) => {
+    const primaryKey: number | string = this.getPrimaryKeyValue();
+    const constructor = this.constructor as typeof Entity;
+    const resourceName: string = constructor.resourceName;
+    const singularName: string = constructor.singularName;
+    const resource = `/unarchive/${resourceName}/${String(primaryKey)}/`;
+    const fetchOptions: RequestOptions = {method: 'POST'};
+    fetchOptions.query = [];
+    if (options && options.embed) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['embed', JSON.stringify(options.embed)]);
+    }
+    if (!(options && options.withRights)) {
+      fetchOptions.query.push(['skip_rights', 'y']);
+    }
+    return this.merchi.authenticatedFetch(resource, fetchOptions).then((data: any) => {
+      this.fromJson(data[singularName]);
+      return this;
+    });
+  };
+}