orm-thoughts

/*
an orm should only take care of mapping objects to a relational database. that's **all**. a lot of my problems with
sequelize come from the fact that i'm using sequelize to define my models. i would much prefer to use plain javascript
objects to define my models - not using sequelize.define or some other sort of "definer". ideally i could follow a more
classic object-oriented approach where my models could extend or implement an orm that takes care of relaying data back and
fourth between the database and client and nothing else.
*/

var ORM = function() {
  this._as = {};
};

ORM.prototype.get = function(property) {
  // filter based on "as"
  return this[property];
}



var User = function() {
  // constructor logic here...
}

ORM.extend(User, {
  id: {
    type: 'uuid',
    primaryKey: true,
  }
}); // add ORM functionality.


User.prototype.setPassword = ORM.extendMethod(function(password) {
  
});

User.prototype.checkPassword = function(password) {
  
};

UserStore
  .find(3)
  .on('error', function(err) {
    throw err;
  })
  .on('success', function(user) {
    var data = user.get({ as: 'self', units: 'metric' });
    res.json(data);
  });

UserStore
  .find(3)
  .error(next)
  .success(function(user) {
    user
      .as({ role: 'self', units: 'metric' }) // what's a better name than `as`?
      .set({ first_name: 'Chris' })
      .save()
        .error('validation', function(err) { // should we call this method "error" or "catch"?
          res.json(400, err);
        })
        .error(function(err) {
          res.json(500);
        })
        .success(function() { // no need to pass user object to callback
          res.json(this); // could also do `res.json(user)`
        });
  });
  
UserStore
  .query()
    .where({ id: 3 })
    .limit(3)
    .sort({ first_name: 'asc' })
    .execute()
      .error(next)
      .success(function(user) {
        user
          .as({ role: 'self', units: 'metric' }) // what's a better name than `as`?
          .set({ first_name: 'Chris' })
          .save()
            .error('validation', function(err) { // should we call this method "error" or "catch"?
              res.json(400, err);
            })
            .error(function(err) {
              res.json(500);
            })
            .success(function() { // no need to pass user object to callback
              res.json(this); // could also do `res.json(user)`
            });
  });