Using $save $update and $delete shortcuts

[nicooprat]

Describe the feature

Hi there,

In vuex-orm we can use $ prefixed methods on entities. It looks like it doesn't exist in pinia-orm. It's not mandatory as it's possible todo it differently, but it makes the migration a bit longer.

Example: https://vuex-orm.org/guide/data/inserting-and-updating.html#save-method

const user = new User()
user.name = 'John Doe'
user.$save()

Is it removed on purpose? Do you plan to add it? Or is there an existing alternative I missed?

Thanks

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[CodeDredd]

Hey @nicooprat,

it is removed on purpose. If you look at vuex-orm-next it is the same. Vuex ORM Next started to move from Model Actions to repository pattern. So logic is now more kept in the repository and the model is just a transformation layer.
You can compare it to moving from Eloquent to doctrine. ^^
It's not planned to have these methods on model level.
I know it makes migration harder. I think some1 here started wrting a bridge so that transistion from vuex-orm to pinia-orm is a bit more easier. I also thought about making this kind of bridge offical to help others. But haven't the time yet for it.

As always contriubution (even just telling what the most pains are) are very welcome. Orgiving me some cups of ☕ helps too ❤️ hehehe

[nicooprat]

Thanks for the clarification!

So there's only the useRepo(User).save(...) method, where it creates a new record when the id field is missing, or updates it if id is specified?

[CodeDredd]

Correct. With #790 saving gets a bit more consistence to help debugging. But this will come with v2.