Create new types

To create a new type you need to call the type method of metamodel component:

// create the system
const system = runtime.system('example08');

// create the model
const metamodel = runtime.require('metamodel');

// new adress type
metamodel.type('address', {
  'planet': 'string'
});

// new sex type
metamodel.type('sex', ['male', 'female']);

metamodel.schema('Jedi', {
  'firstName': 'property',
  'lastName': 'property',
  'sex': 'property',
  'address': 'property'
});

// override the model generated by the schema
metamodel.model('Jedi', {
  'sex': 'sex',
  'address': 'address'
});

metamodel.create();

const Jedi = runtime.require('Jedi');

new Jedi({
  '_id': 'yoda',
  'sex': 'male',
  'firstName': 'Yoda',
  'lastName': 'Master',
  'address': {
    'planet': 'Dagobah'
  }
});

system.on('start', () => {
  // get the component
  const yoda = this.require('yoda');

  // show Yoda's planet
  console.log(yoda.address().planet());
});

// run the system
system.start();

Version compatibility

Remember that the example works both on server and browser.