Polymorphism & ember.js data HowTo?

Ember Data
1

Some example code using com.fasterxml jackson

Animal.java:

@Entity
@Table
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
@DiscriminatorColumn(name="type")
@JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id")
@JsonTypeInfo(use=JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include=JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property="type")
@JsonSubTypes({
    @JsonSubTypes.Type(value=Animal.class, name="animal"),
    @JsonSubTypes.Type(value=Dog.class, name="dog"),
    @JsonSubTypes.Type(value=Cat.class, name="cat"),
})
public class Animal {
     @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private Long id;
     
    @JsonProperty
    private int a;
}

Dog.java:

@Entity
public class Dog extends Animal {
    @JsonProperty
    private int d;
}

Cat.java:

@Entity
public class Cat extends Animal {
    @JsonProperty
    private int c;
}

RestSerivce.java:

@JsonRootName("animals")
public class Animals extends ArrayList<Animal> {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

 public Animals(Collection<? extends Animal> c) {
    addAll(c);
 }
}

@GET
@Override
@Produces({"application/xml", "application/json"})
public Animals findAll() {
    Animals animals = new Animals(getListAnimalsFromSomWhere());
    return animals;
}

Calling getAnimals will return something like

{"animals":[{"type":"animal","id":6,"a":0},{"type":"cat","id":8,"a":2,"c":22},{"type":"dog","id":7,"a":1,"d":11}]}

Can ember data (howto?) create a Animal, Dog & Cat object of this using type property or only animal objects?

2

I’m not sure if this is what you meant, but you can declare classes that use mixins. I’m pretty sure you can create a mixin and use it when declaring models.

App.FlyingMixin = Object.Mixin.create({
    fly: function() {
        console.log('flying')
    },
    height: DS.attr()
});

App.BarkingMixin = Object.Mixin.create({
    bark: function() {
       console.log('bark');
    },
    aggression: DS.attr()
});

App.AggressiveFlyingAnimal = Ember.Model.extend( [App.FlyingMixin, App.BarkingMixin], {
    type: DS.attr()
});

I would be surprised if this didn’t work.