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package/src/frontend-model-resource/base-resource.js

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+// @ts-check
+
+import AuthorizationBaseResource from "../authorization/base-resource.js"
+import * as inflection from "inflection"
+
+/**
+ * FrontendModelResourceControllerArgs type.
+ * @typedef {object} FrontendModelResourceControllerArgs
+ * @property {import("../controller.js").default} controller - Frontend-model controller instance.
+ * @property {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} modelClass - Backing model class.
+ * @property {string} modelName - Model name.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").VelociousLooseObject} params - Request params.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").NormalizedFrontendModelResourceConfiguration | import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} resourceConfiguration - Normalized resource configuration (or raw input shape during early bootstrap).
+ */
+
+/**
+ * FrontendModelResourceAbilityArgs type.
+ * @typedef {object} FrontendModelResourceAbilityArgs
+ * @property {import("../authorization/ability.js").default} [ability] - Ability instance when the resource is used directly for authorization.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").VelociousLooseObject} [context] - Ability context.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").VelociousLooseObject} [locals] - Ability locals.
+ * @property {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} [modelClass] - Optional backing model class override.
+ * @property {string} [modelName] - Optional model name override.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").VelociousLooseObject} [params] - Optional params override.
+ * @property {import("../configuration-types.js").NormalizedFrontendModelResourceConfiguration | import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} [resourceConfiguration] - Optional normalized resource configuration.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Base class for backend frontend-model resources.
+ */
+export default class FrontendModelBaseResource extends AuthorizationBaseResource {
+  /**
+   * Backing model class.
+    @type {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default | undefined} */
+  static ModelClass = undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Attributes.
+    @type {Record<string, ?> | string[] | undefined} */
+  static attributes = undefined
+  /**
+   * Abilities.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static abilities = undefined
+  /**
+   * Attachments.
+    @type {Record<string, ?> | undefined} */
+  static attachments = undefined
+  /**
+   * Collection commands.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static collectionCommands = undefined
+  /**
+   * Built in collection commands.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static builtInCollectionCommands = undefined
+  /**
+   * Member commands.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static memberCommands = undefined
+  /**
+   * Built in member commands.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static builtInMemberCommands = undefined
+  /**
+   * Relationships.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static relationships = undefined
+  /**
+   * Translated attributes.
+    @type {string[] | undefined} */
+  static translatedAttributes = undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Runs constructor.
+   * @param {FrontendModelResourceAbilityArgs | FrontendModelResourceControllerArgs} args - Resource args.
+   */
+  constructor(args) {
+    super({
+      ability: "ability" in args ? args.ability : undefined,
+      context: "context" in args ? args.context || {} : {},
+      locals: "locals" in args ? args.locals || {} : {}
+    })
+
+    this.controller = "controller" in args ? args.controller : undefined
+    this.modelClassValue = "modelClass" in args ? args.modelClass : /**
+                                                                     * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                                      @type {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default | undefined} */ (/**
+                                                                                                                                                    * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                                                                                                                     @type {typeof FrontendModelBaseResource} */ (this.constructor).modelClass())
+    this.modelNameValue = "modelName" in args ? args.modelName : (this.modelClassValue?.getModelName ? this.modelClassValue.getModelName() : this.modelClassValue?.name || "")
+    this.paramsValue = "params" in args ? args.params : undefined
+    this.resourceConfigurationValue = "resourceConfiguration" in args ? args.resourceConfiguration : /**
+                                                                                                      * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                                                                       @type {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} */ ({attributes: []})
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs typed controller instance.
+   * @returns {import("../controller.js").default & {
+   *   frontendModelAuthorizedQuery: (action: "index" | "find" | "create" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url") => import("../database/query/model-class-query.js").default<typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default>,
+   *   frontendModelIndexQuery: () => import("../database/query/model-class-query.js").default<typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default>,
+   *   frontendModelPreload: () => import("../database/query/index.js").NestedPreloadRecord | null,
+   *   serializeFrontendModel: (model: import("../database/record/index.js").default) => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>
+   * }} - Controller instance with frontend-model helpers.
+   */
+  typedControllerInstance() {
+    return /** Narrows the runtime value to the documented type. @type {?} */ (this.controller)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs resource config.
+   * @returns {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} - Static resource config (raw user input shape; consumers normalize).
+   */
+  static resourceConfig() {
+    /**
+     * Config.
+      @type {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} */
+    const config = {
+      attributes: this.attributes || []
+    }
+
+    if (this.abilities) config.abilities = this.abilities
+    if (this.attachments) config.attachments = this.attachments
+    if (this.builtInCollectionCommands) config.builtInCollectionCommands = this.builtInCollectionCommands
+    if (this.builtInMemberCommands) config.builtInMemberCommands = this.builtInMemberCommands
+    if (this.collectionCommands) config.collectionCommands = this.collectionCommands
+    if (this.memberCommands) config.memberCommands = this.memberCommands
+    if (this.relationships) config.relationships = this.relationships
+
+    return config
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs static model class.
+   * @returns {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default | undefined} - Backing model class.
+   */
+  static modelClass() {
+    return this.ModelClass
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs controller instance.
+   * @returns {import("../controller.js").default} - Controller instance.
+   */
+  controllerInstance() {
+    if (!this.controller) throw new Error(`${this.constructor.name} requires a controller instance.`)
+
+    return this.controller
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs model class.
+   * @returns {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} - Model class.
+   */
+  modelClass() {
+    if (!this.modelClassValue) {
+      throw new Error(`${this.constructor.name} requires a model class.`)
+    }
+
+    return this.modelClassValue
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs model name.
+   * @returns {string} - Model name.
+   */
+  modelName() {
+    if (!this.modelNameValue) throw new Error(`${this.constructor.name} requires a model name.`)
+
+    return this.modelNameValue
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs params.
+   * @returns {import("../configuration-types.js").VelociousLooseObject} - Params.
+   */
+  params() { return this.paramsValue || super.params() || {} }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs resource configuration.
+   * @returns {import("../configuration-types.js").NormalizedFrontendModelResourceConfiguration | import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} - Resource config (normalized at runtime; raw during early bootstrap).
+   */
+  resourceConfiguration() {
+    if (!this.resourceConfigurationValue) throw new Error(`${this.constructor.name} requires a resource configuration.`)
+
+    return this.resourceConfigurationValue
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a Rails-strong-params / api_maker-style permit spec declaring
+   * which attributes and nested attributes are writable for the current
+   * request. Submitting an attribute or nested-relationship key that is
+   * not permitted raises an error and fails the write.
+   *
+   * The returned value is a flat array that mixes:
+   *   - `"attributeName"` strings for plain attribute writes
+   *   - `{<relationshipName>Attributes: [...]}` objects where the value
+   *     is itself a permit spec for the nested relationship
+   *
+   * This matches Rails strong_params (`permit(:first_name, :last_name,
+   * contact_attributes: [:email, details_attributes: [:detail]])`) and
+   * the api_maker sister project. Include `"_destroy"` inside a nested
+   * permit to allow `_destroy: true` entries for that relationship —
+   * the model must also declare `acceptsNestedAttributesFor(name,
+   * {allowDestroy: true})` for the destroy to be applied.
+   *
+   * Example:
+   *
+   *   class ProjectResource extends FrontendModelBaseResource {
+   *     permittedParams(arg) {
+   *       return [
+   *         "name",
+   *         "description",
+   *         {tasksAttributes: ["id", "_destroy", "name",
+   *           {subtasksAttributes: ["id", "_destroy", "name"]}
+   *         ]}
+   *       ]
+   *     }
+   *   }
+   *
+   * Default implementation returns `[]` — nothing permitted. Subclasses
+   * must override to enable writes. A resource that does not declare
+   * `permittedParams` cannot accept any write.
+   * @param {{action?: "create" | "update", params?: Record<string, ?>, ability?: import("../authorization/ability.js").default, locals?: Record<string, ?>}} [arg] - Request context.
+   * @returns {Array<string | Record<string, ?>>} - Permit spec.
+   */
+  permittedParams(arg) {
+    void arg
+
+    return []
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs primary key.
+   * @returns {string} - Primary key.
+   */
+  primaryKey() { return this.modelClass().primaryKey() }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs authorized query.
+   * @param {"index" | "find" | "create" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url"} action - Ability action.
+   * @template {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} [MC=typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default]
+   * @returns {import("../database/query/model-class-query.js").default<MC>} - Authorized query.
+   */
+  authorizedQuery(action) {
+    return /** Narrows the authorized query to the resource's model class. @type {import("../database/query/model-class-query.js").default<MC>} */ (this.typedControllerInstance().frontendModelAuthorizedQuery(action))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs supports pluck.
+   * @param {"index" | "find" | "create" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url"} action - Action.
+   * @returns {boolean | Promise<boolean>} - Whether pluck is supported.
+   */
+  supportsPluck(action) {
+    void action
+
+    return Object.getPrototypeOf(this).records === FrontendModelBaseResource.prototype.records
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs supports count.
+   * @param {"index" | "find" | "create" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url"} action - Action.
+   * @returns {boolean | Promise<boolean>} - Whether count is supported.
+   */
+  supportsCount(action) {
+    void action
+
+    return Object.getPrototypeOf(this).records === FrontendModelBaseResource.prototype.records ||
+      Object.getPrototypeOf(this).count !== FrontendModelBaseResource.prototype.count
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs before action.
+   * @param {"index" | "find" | "create" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url"} action - Action.
+   * @returns {boolean | void | Promise<boolean | void>} - Continue processing unless false.
+   */
+  beforeAction(action) {
+    void action
+
+    // No-op by default.
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs records.
+   * @returns {Promise<import("../database/record/index.js").default[]>} - Records for index action.
+   */
+  async records() {
+    return await this.typedControllerInstance().frontendModelIndexQuery().toArray()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs count.
+   * @returns {Promise<number>} - Records count for index action.
+   */
+  async count() {
+    return await this.typedControllerInstance().frontendModelIndexQuery().count()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs find.
+   * @param {"find" | "update" | "destroy" | "attach" | "download" | "url"} action - Action.
+   * @param {string | number} id - Record id.
+   * @returns {Promise<import("../database/record/index.js").default | null>} - Located model.
+   */
+  async find(action, id) {
+    let query = this.authorizedQuery(action)
+    const preload = action === "find" ? this.typedControllerInstance().frontendModelPreload() : null
+
+    if (preload) {
+      query = query.preload(preload)
+    }
+
+    return await query.findBy({[this.primaryKey()]: id})
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs create.
+   * @param {Record<string, ?>} attributes - Create attributes.
+   * @param {{controller?: ?, nestedAttributes?: Record<string, ?> | null}} [options] - Save options.
+   * @returns {Promise<import("../database/record/index.js").default>} - Created model.
+   */
+  async create(attributes, options = {}) {
+    const permit = parsePermittedParams(this.permittedParams({action: "create", ability: this.ability, locals: this.locals, params: attributes}))
+    const filtered = filterWritableFrontendModelAttributes(this.modelClass().prototype, attributes, this, permit.attributes)
+    const ModelClass = this.modelClass()
+    const model = new ModelClass()
+
+    await ModelClass.transaction(async () => {
+      await this._assignWithVirtualSetters(model, filtered)
+      await model.save()
+
+      if (options.nestedAttributes) {
+        await this._applyNestedAttributes(model, options.nestedAttributes, options.controller || null, permit)
+      }
+    })
+
+    await this._preloadNestedWritableRelationships(model, permit)
+
+    return model
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs handle unauthorized created model.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Created model.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>} - Cleanup after failed authorization.
+   */
+  async handleUnauthorizedCreatedModel(model) {
+    await model.destroy()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs update.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Existing model.
+   * @param {Record<string, ?>} attributes - Update attributes.
+   * @param {{controller?: ?, nestedAttributes?: Record<string, ?> | null}} [options] - Save options.
+   * @returns {Promise<import("../database/record/index.js").default>} - Updated model.
+   */
+  async update(model, attributes, options = {}) {
+    const permit = parsePermittedParams(this.permittedParams({action: "update", ability: this.ability, locals: this.locals, params: attributes}))
+    const filtered = filterWritableFrontendModelAttributes(model, attributes, this, permit.attributes)
+    const ModelClass = this.modelClass()
+
+    await ModelClass.transaction(async () => {
+      await this._assignWithVirtualSetters(model, filtered)
+      await model.save()
+
+      if (options.nestedAttributes) {
+        await this._applyNestedAttributes(model, options.nestedAttributes, options.controller || null, permit)
+      }
+    })
+
+    await this._preloadNestedWritableRelationships(model, permit)
+
+    return model
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Assigns attributes to a model, using virtual setters on the resource when available.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Model instance.
+   * @param {Record<string, ?>} attributes - Attributes to assign.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async _assignWithVirtualSetters(model, attributes) {
+    /**
+     * Direct attributes.
+      @type {Record<string, ?>} */
+    const directAttributes = {}
+    const translatedSet = new Set(/**
+                                   * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                    @type {typeof FrontendModelBaseResource} */ (this.constructor).translatedAttributes || [])
+
+    for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(attributes)) {
+      const resourceSetterName = `set${inflection.camelize(name)}Attribute`
+
+      if (typeof /**
+                  * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                   @type {Record<string, ?>} */ (/**
+                                                  * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                   @type {?} */ (this))[resourceSetterName] === "function") {
+        await /**
+               * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                @type {Record<string, ?>} */ (/**
+                                               * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                @type {?} */ (this))[resourceSetterName](model, value)
+      } else if (translatedSet.has(name)) {
+        await this._setTranslatedAttributeOnModel(model, name, value)
+      } else {
+        directAttributes[name] = value
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (Object.keys(directAttributes).length > 0) {
+      model.assign(directAttributes)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a translated attribute on a model via the translations relationship.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Model instance.
+   * @param {string} name - Attribute name.
+   * @param {?} value - Attribute value.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async _setTranslatedAttributeOnModel(model, name, value) {
+    const locale = this.context?.configuration?.getLocale?.() || "en"
+    const instanceRelationship = model.getRelationshipByName("translations")
+
+    /**
+     * Defines translation.
+      @type {import("../database/record/index.js").default | undefined} */
+    let translation
+
+    if (model.isNewRecord()) {
+      const loaded = instanceRelationship.loaded()
+
+      if (Array.isArray(loaded)) {
+        translation = loaded.find((/**
+                                    * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                     @type {Record<string, ?>} */ t) => t.locale() === locale)
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (!instanceRelationship.getPreloaded()) {
+        await model.loadRelationship("translations")
+      }
+
+      const loaded = instanceRelationship.loaded()
+
+      if (Array.isArray(loaded)) {
+        translation = loaded.find((/**
+                                    * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                     @type {Record<string, ?>} */ t) => t.locale() === locale)
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!translation) {
+      translation = instanceRelationship.build({locale})
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assignments.
+      @type {Record<string, ?>} */
+    const assignments = {}
+
+    assignments[name] = value
+    translation.assign(assignments)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs destroy.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Existing model.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>} - No return value.
+   */
+  async destroy(model) {
+    await model.destroy()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Runs serialize.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Model to serialize.
+   * @param {"index" | "find" | "create" | "update"} [action] - Action.
+   * @returns {Promise<Record<string, ?>>} - Serialized model payload.
+   */
+  async serialize(model, action) {
+    void action
+
+    return await this.typedControllerInstance().serializeFrontendModel(model)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a `nestedAttributes` payload to a freshly-saved parent model,
+   * cascading create/update/destroy writes across the declared relationships.
+   *
+   * Each child is authorized against its own resource's abilities (never the
+   * parent's). Destroys run before updates, updates before creates, to avoid
+   * unique-constraint conflicts when replacing a child at the same natural key.
+   *
+   * Attribute filtering for nested children uses the parent resource's
+   * permit spec for that relationship — api_maker-style. Policy options
+   * (allowDestroy, limit, rejectIf) come from the MODEL's
+   * `acceptedNestedAttributesFor(name)` declaration.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} parent - Parent model instance.
+   * @param {Record<string, ?>} nestedAttributes - Nested-attribute payload keyed by relationship name.
+   * @param {?} controller - Controller instance for resource resolution and authorization.
+   * @param {{attributes: string[], nested: Record<string, ?>} | null} [parentPermit] - Parsed parent permit spec.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async _applyNestedAttributes(parent, nestedAttributes, controller, parentPermit = null) {
+    const resolvedParent = parentPermit
+      || parsePermittedParams(this.permittedParams({action: "update", ability: this.ability, locals: this.locals, params: {}}))
+
+    for (const relationshipName of Object.keys(nestedAttributes)) {
+      const childPermit = resolvedParent.nested[relationshipName]
+
+      if (!childPermit) {
+        throw new Error(`Nested attributes for '${relationshipName}' are not permitted by ${this.constructor.name}.permittedParams(). Include {${relationshipName}Attributes: [...]} in the returned permit.`)
+      }
+
+      const entries = nestedAttributes[relationshipName]
+
+      if (!Array.isArray(entries)) {
+        throw new Error(`Expected array for nestedAttributes['${relationshipName}'] but got: ${typeof entries}`)
+      }
+
+      const parentModelClass = /**
+                                * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                 @type {?} */ (parent.getModelClass())
+      const modelAcceptance = parentModelClass.acceptedNestedAttributesFor?.(relationshipName)
+
+      if (!modelAcceptance) {
+        throw new Error(`Model ${parentModelClass.name} does not accept nested attributes for '${relationshipName}'. Declare it via ${parentModelClass.name}.acceptsNestedAttributesFor('${relationshipName}').`)
+      }
+
+      const destroyPermitted = childPermit.attributes.includes("_destroy")
+
+      if (destroyPermitted && !modelAcceptance.allowDestroy) {
+        throw new Error(`Resource permits _destroy on nestedAttributes['${relationshipName}'] but the model ${parentModelClass.name} does not allow destroy for that relationship. Set {allowDestroy: true} on ${parentModelClass.name}.acceptsNestedAttributesFor('${relationshipName}', ...).`)
+      }
+
+      if (typeof modelAcceptance.limit === "number" && entries.length > modelAcceptance.limit) {
+        throw new Error(`nestedAttributes['${relationshipName}'] exceeds model-declared limit of ${modelAcceptance.limit}.`)
+      }
+
+      const parentRelationship = parent.getRelationshipByName(relationshipName)
+      const relationshipDefinitions = parentModelClass.relationships?.() || {}
+      const definition = relationshipDefinitions[relationshipName]
+
+      if (!definition || definition.type !== "hasMany") {
+        throw new Error(`Nested attributes for '${relationshipName}' require a hasMany relationship. v1 does not support '${definition?.type}'.`)
+      }
+
+      const targetModelClass = /**
+                                * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                 @type {?} */ (parent.getModelClass()).relationshipModelClass?.(relationshipName)
+
+      if (!targetModelClass) {
+        throw new Error(`No target model class resolved for relationship '${relationshipName}' on ${parent.getModelClass().name}.`)
+      }
+
+      const childResourceConfig = controller?.frontendModelResourceConfigurationForModelClass?.(targetModelClass)
+
+      if (!childResourceConfig) {
+        throw new Error(`No frontend-model resource registered for child model '${targetModelClass.getModelName?.() || targetModelClass.name}' under relationship '${relationshipName}'.`)
+      }
+
+      const childResource = new childResourceConfig.resourceClass({
+        ability: this.ability,
+        controller,
+        context: this.context || {},
+        locals: this.locals || {},
+        modelClass: targetModelClass,
+        modelName: childResourceConfig.modelName,
+        params: controller?.frontendModelParams?.() || {},
+        resourceConfiguration: childResourceConfig.resourceConfiguration
+      })
+
+      const foreignKey = definition.foreignKey || this._inferForeignKey(parent, definition)
+      const ability = controller?.currentAbility?.()
+
+      const destroyEntries = []
+      const updateEntries = []
+      const createEntries = []
+
+      for (const entry of entries) {
+        if (typeof modelAcceptance.rejectIf === "function" && modelAcceptance.rejectIf(entry?.attributes || {})) continue
+
+        if (entry?._destroy) {
+          if (!destroyPermitted) {
+            throw new Error(`nestedAttributes['${relationshipName}'] entry requested _destroy but "_destroy" is not in the permit for this relationship.`)
+          }
+          if (!entry.id) {
+            throw new Error(`nestedAttributes['${relationshipName}'] _destroy entry is missing an id.`)
+          }
+          destroyEntries.push(entry)
+        } else if (entry?.id) {
+          updateEntries.push(entry)
+        } else {
+          createEntries.push(entry)
+        }
+      }
+
+      // The permit's attribute list governs what child fields can be written.
+      // Exclude `_destroy` from the writable set since it's a control flag,
+      // not an attribute on the record.
+      const childWritableAttributes = /**
+                                       * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                        @type {string[]} */ (childPermit.attributes).filter((name) => name !== "_destroy")
+
+      for (const entry of destroyEntries) {
+        const existing = await this._findScopedChild({
+          ability,
+          action: "destroy",
+          childResourceConfiguration: childResourceConfig.resourceConfiguration,
+          foreignKey,
+          id: entry.id,
+          parent,
+          relationshipName,
+          targetModelClass
+        })
+
+        await childResource.destroy(existing)
+      }
+
+      for (const entry of updateEntries) {
+        const existing = await this._findScopedChild({
+          ability,
+          action: "update",
+          childResourceConfiguration: childResourceConfig.resourceConfiguration,
+          foreignKey,
+          id: entry.id,
+          parent,
+          relationshipName,
+          targetModelClass
+        })
+
+        if (entry.attributes && typeof entry.attributes === "object") {
+          const filtered = filterWritableFrontendModelAttributes(existing, entry.attributes, childResource, childWritableAttributes)
+          await /**
+                 * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                  @type {?} */ (childResource)._assignWithVirtualSetters(existing, filtered)
+          await existing.save()
+        }
+
+        if (entry.nestedAttributes) {
+          await /**
+                 * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                  @type {?} */ (childResource)._applyNestedAttributes(existing, entry.nestedAttributes, controller, childPermit)
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const entry of createEntries) {
+        const childAttributes = entry?.attributes && typeof entry.attributes === "object" ? entry.attributes : {}
+
+        const child = parentRelationship.build({...childAttributes, [foreignKey]: parent.id()})
+
+        const filtered = filterWritableFrontendModelAttributes(child, childAttributes, childResource, childWritableAttributes)
+
+        await /**
+               * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                @type {?} */ (childResource)._assignWithVirtualSetters(child, filtered)
+        await child.save()
+
+        await this._authorizeCreatedChild({
+          ability,
+          child,
+          childResourceConfiguration: childResourceConfig.resourceConfiguration,
+          relationshipName,
+          targetModelClass
+        })
+
+        if (entry.nestedAttributes) {
+          await /**
+                 * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                  @type {?} */ (childResource)._applyNestedAttributes(child, entry.nestedAttributes, controller, childPermit)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolves the ability action for a child resource using the child's own
+   * `abilities` mapping — never the parent controller's. This preserves
+   * custom mappings like `{update: "manage"}` and catches unmapped actions
+   * instead of silently defaulting to the raw action name.
+   * @param {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} childResourceConfiguration - Child resource configuration.
+   * @param {"create" | "update" | "destroy"} action - Frontend action.
+   * @returns {string} - Ability action for the child resource.
+   */
+  _resolveChildAbilityAction(childResourceConfiguration, action) {
+    const abilities = childResourceConfiguration?.abilities
+
+    if (!abilities || typeof abilities !== "object" || Array.isArray(abilities)) {
+      throw new Error(`Nested child resource must define an 'abilities' object to authorize nested ${action}.`)
+    }
+
+    const abilityAction = /**
+                           * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                            @type {Record<string, string>} */ (abilities)[action]
+
+    if (typeof abilityAction !== "string" || abilityAction.length < 1) {
+      throw new Error(`Nested child resource must define abilities.${action}.`)
+    }
+
+    return abilityAction
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds an existing child for a nested update/destroy, scoped to the
+   * child's own model class, the parent's foreign key, AND the child
+   * resource's ability mapping for the requested action. Throws when the
+   * child does not exist, does not belong to the current parent, or is
+   * not authorized — all of which must roll the transaction back.
+   * @param {object} args - Arguments.
+   * @param {import("../authorization/ability.js").default | undefined} args.ability - Current ability.
+   * @param {"update" | "destroy"} args.action - Frontend action.
+   * @param {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} args.childResourceConfiguration - Child resource configuration.
+   * @param {string} args.foreignKey - Foreign-key attribute on the child pointing to the parent.
+   * @param {string | number} args.id - Child id from the payload.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} args.parent - Parent model instance.
+   * @param {string} args.relationshipName - Parent's relationship name (for error messages).
+   * @param {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} args.targetModelClass - Child model class.
+   * @returns {Promise<import("../database/record/index.js").default>} - Authorized, parent-linked child model.
+   */
+  async _findScopedChild({ability, action, childResourceConfiguration, foreignKey, id, parent, relationshipName, targetModelClass}) {
+    const primaryKey = targetModelClass.primaryKey()
+    const lookup = {[primaryKey]: id, [foreignKey]: parent.id()}
+    const query = ability
+      ? /**
+         * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+          @type {?} */ (targetModelClass).accessibleFor(this._resolveChildAbilityAction(childResourceConfiguration, action), ability)
+      : /**
+         * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+          @type {?} */ (targetModelClass).where({})
+
+    const existing = await query.findBy(lookup)
+
+    if (!existing) {
+      throw new Error(`Cannot ${action} nested ${relationshipName}[id=${id}]: record not found, does not belong to parent ${parent.getModelClass().name}[id=${parent.id()}], or is not authorized.`)
+    }
+
+    return existing
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verifies an already-saved nested child is authorized under the child
+   * resource's own `create` ability. Rolls back via thrown error when not
+   * authorized so the outer transaction destroys the insert.
+   * @param {object} args - Arguments.
+   * @param {import("../authorization/ability.js").default | undefined} args.ability - Current ability.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} args.child - Child model instance just created.
+   * @param {import("../configuration-types.js").FrontendModelResourceConfiguration} args.childResourceConfiguration - Child resource configuration.
+   * @param {string} args.relationshipName - Parent's relationship name (for error messages).
+   * @param {typeof import("../database/record/index.js").default} args.targetModelClass - Child model class.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async _authorizeCreatedChild({ability, child, childResourceConfiguration, relationshipName, targetModelClass}) {
+    if (!ability) return
+
+    const abilityAction = this._resolveChildAbilityAction(childResourceConfiguration, "create")
+    const primaryKey = targetModelClass.primaryKey()
+    const authorizedIds = await /**
+                                 * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                  @type {?} */ (targetModelClass)
+      .accessibleFor(abilityAction, ability)
+      .where({[primaryKey]: child.readAttribute(primaryKey)})
+      .pluck(primaryKey)
+
+    if (authorizedIds.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`Nested create on ${relationshipName}[${targetModelClass.name}] not authorized.`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Best-effort foreign-key inference for relationships that don't declare it.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} parent - Parent model.
+   * @param {{foreignKey?: string}} definition - Relationship definition.
+   * @returns {string} - Foreign-key attribute name.
+   */
+  _inferForeignKey(parent, definition) {
+    if (definition.foreignKey) return definition.foreignKey
+
+    const parentModelName = parent.getModelClass().name || ""
+    const underscored = parentModelName.replace(/([A-Z])/g, (match, letter, index) => (index === 0 ? letter.toLowerCase() : `_${letter.toLowerCase()}`))
+
+    return `${inflection.camelize(underscored, true)}Id`
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * After nested writes, preload every relationship declared in the
+   * parent's permit so the post-save serialize step emits them and the
+   * client can reconcile ids.
+   * @param {import("../database/record/index.js").default} model - Saved parent model.
+   * @param {{attributes: string[], nested: Record<string, ?>}} permit - Parsed parent permit.
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
+  async _preloadNestedWritableRelationships(model, permit) {
+    const relationshipNames = Object.keys(permit.nested)
+
+    if (relationshipNames.length === 0) return
+
+    for (const relationshipName of relationshipNames) {
+      if (typeof /**
+                  * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                   @type {?} */ (model).loadRelationship === "function") {
+        await /**
+               * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                @type {?} */ (model).loadRelationship(relationshipName)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses the Rails/api_maker-style flat permit spec returned from
+ * `permittedParams(arg)` into a structured shape used internally by the
+ * write pipeline. Strings become attribute permits; objects whose keys
+ * end in `Attributes` become nested permits (the key prefix names the
+ * relationship).
+ *
+ *   parsePermittedParams(["firstName", "lastName",
+ *     {tasksAttributes: ["id", "_destroy", "name"]}
+ *   ])
+ *   // → {
+ *   //   attributes: ["firstName", "lastName"],
+ *   //   nested: {
+ *   //     tasks: {attributes: ["id", "_destroy", "name"], nested: {}}
+ *   //   }
+ *   // }
+ * @param {Array<string | Record<string, ?>> | undefined} permitSpec - Flat permit spec.
+ * @returns {{attributes: string[], nested: Record<string, {attributes: string[], nested: Record<string, ?>}>}} - Parsed structure.
+ */
+function parsePermittedParams(permitSpec) {
+  /**
+   * Attributes.
+    @type {string[]} */
+  const attributes = []
+  /**
+   * Nested.
+    @type {Record<string, {attributes: string[], nested: Record<string, ?>}>} */
+  const nested = {}
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(permitSpec)) return {attributes, nested}
+
+  for (const entry of permitSpec) {
+    if (typeof entry === "string") {
+      attributes.push(entry)
+    } else if (entry && typeof entry === "object" && !Array.isArray(entry)) {
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(entry)) {
+        if (!key.endsWith("Attributes")) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid permittedParams entry: nested relationship keys must end in "Attributes" (got "${key}"). Use "${key}Attributes" instead.`)
+        }
+        const relationshipName = key.slice(0, -"Attributes".length)
+
+        if (!relationshipName) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid permittedParams entry: empty relationship name in key "${key}".`)
+        }
+        if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid permittedParams entry for "${key}": expected array permit spec, got ${typeof value}.`)
+        }
+
+        nested[relationshipName] = parsePermittedParams(value)
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid permittedParams entry: expected string or nested-attributes object, got ${typeof entry}.`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {attributes, nested}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs filter writable frontend model attributes.
+ * @param {Record<string, ?>} receiver - Model instance or prototype.
+ * @param {Record<string, ?>} attributes - Incoming frontend-model attributes.
+ * @param {FrontendModelBaseResource | null} [resource] - Resource instance for virtual-setter detection.
+ * @param {string[] | null} [permittedAttributeNames] - Optional explicit permit list. `null` falls back to setter-existence checks only.
+ * @returns {Record<string, ?>} - Writable attributes only.
+ */
+function filterWritableFrontendModelAttributes(receiver, attributes, resource = /**
+                                                                                 * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                                                  @type {FrontendModelBaseResource | null} */ (null), permittedAttributeNames = null) {
+  // Frontend-model writes should fail fast when callers submit read-only or unknown attrs.
+  // Silent drops hide contract mistakes in generated models and app-side wrapper code.
+  /**
+   * Writable attributes.
+    @type {Record<string, ?>} */
+  const writableAttributes = {}
+  /**
+   * Invalid attributes.
+    @type {string[]} */
+  const invalidAttributes = []
+  /**
+   * Not permitted attributes.
+    @type {string[]} */
+  const notPermittedAttributes = []
+
+  const permitSet = Array.isArray(permittedAttributeNames) ? new Set(permittedAttributeNames) : null
+  const translatedSet = resource ? new Set(/**
+                                            * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                             @type {typeof FrontendModelBaseResource} */ (resource.constructor).translatedAttributes || []) : new Set()
+
+  for (const [attributeName, value] of Object.entries(attributes)) {
+    if (permitSet && !permitSet.has(attributeName)) {
+      notPermittedAttributes.push(attributeName)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const setterName = `set${inflection.camelize(attributeName)}`
+    const resourceSetterName = `${setterName}Attribute`
+
+    if (setterName in receiver) {
+      writableAttributes[attributeName] = value
+    } else if (resource && typeof /**
+                                   * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                    @type {Record<string, ?>} */ (/**
+                                                                   * Narrows the runtime value to the documented type.
+                                                                    @type {?} */ (resource))[resourceSetterName] === "function") {
+      writableAttributes[attributeName] = value
+    } else if (translatedSet.has(attributeName)) {
+      writableAttributes[attributeName] = value
+    } else {
+      invalidAttributes.push(attributeName)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (notPermittedAttributes.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Frontend model write attributes not permitted by permittedParams(): ${notPermittedAttributes.join(", ")}`)
+  }
+
+  if (invalidAttributes.length > 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid frontend model write attributes: ${invalidAttributes.join(", ")}`)
+  }
+
+  return writableAttributes
+}