Models

Models are loaded after services.

Models are loaded via that model loader passed into boot:

const mvc = require('mvc-express');

mvc.boot({
    root : __dirname,
    modelLoader
});

The model loader is a function that is called with an array of the paths to all models, services, and options.

Model paths are generated from files in app/models that are named *.model.js. The model loader can of course choose to use or ignore the array of paths. An example model loader is located here.

Model loader function example:

function modelLoader(modelPaths, services, options) {
    const models = {};
    modelPaths.forEach(thePath => {
        //a file named TestModel.model.js will end up as models.TestModel 
        let modelName = thePath.split('/').pop().split('.').shift();
        const Model = require(thePath)(options.connection);
        models[modelName] = Model;
    });
    return models;
}

Available model loaders

You can write your own model loader or use one of the loaders available as an npm:

• Sequelize model loader