serialize

Callable

• serialize<Entity, Naked, Populate, Exclude, Config>(entity: Entity, options?: Config & SerializeOptions<UnboxArray<Entity>, Populate, Exclude>): Naked extends object[] ? EntityDTO<Loaded<ArrayElement<Naked>, Populate>, CleanTypeConfig<Config>>[] : EntityDTO<Loaded<Naked, Populate>, CleanTypeConfig<Config>>

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• Converts entity instance to POJO, converting the Collections to arrays and unwrapping the Reference wrapper, while respecting the serialization options. This method accepts either a single entity or an array of entities, and returns the corresponding POJO or an array of POJO. To serialize a single entity, you can also use wrap(entity).serialize() which handles a single entity only.

  const dtos = serialize([user1, user, ...], { exclude: ['id', 'email'], forceObject: true });
  const [dto2, dto3] = serialize([user2, user3], { exclude: ['id', 'email'], forceObject: true });
  const dto1 = serialize(user, { exclude: ['id', 'email'], forceObject: true });
  const dto2 = wrap(user).serialize({ exclude: ['id', 'email'], forceObject: true });

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  Type parameters

  • Entity: object
  • Naked: unknown = FromEntityType<Entity>
  • Populate: string = never
  • Exclude: string = never
  • Config: TypeConfig = never

  Parameters

  • entity: Entity

  • optionaloptions: Config & SerializeOptions<UnboxArray<Entity>, Populate, Exclude>

  Returns Naked extends object[] ? EntityDTO<Loaded<ArrayElement<Naked>, Populate>, CleanTypeConfig<Config>>[] : EntityDTO<Loaded<Naked, Populate>, CleanTypeConfig<Config>>