now allows adding a saveable decorator

dist/smartdata.classes.dbdoc.d.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
 import { DbCollection } from './smartdata.classes.dbcollection';
 export declare type TDocCreation = 'db' | 'data' | 'mixed';
+/**
+ * sva - saveable decorator to be used on class properties
+ */
+export declare function saveable(target: DbDoc<any>, key: string): void;
 export declare class DbDoc<T> {
+    /**
+     * the collection object an Doc belongs to
+     */
     collection: DbCollection<T>;
+    /**
+     * how the Doc in memory was created, may prove useful later.
+     */
     creationType: TDocCreation;
+    /**
+     * an array of saveable properties of a doc
+     */
+    saveableProperties: string[];
+    /**
+     * class constructor
+     */
     constructor();
+    /**
+     * saves this instance but not any connected items
+     * may lead to data inconsistencies, but is faster
+     */
     save(): void;
+    /**
+     * also store any referenced objects to DB
+     * better for data consistency
+     */
     saveDeep(): void;
 }

dist/smartdata.classes.dbdoc.js

@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
 "use strict";
+/**
+ * sva - saveable decorator to be used on class properties
+ */
+function saveable(target, key) {
+    console.log('called sva');
+    if (!target.saveableProperties) {
+        target.saveableProperties = [];
+    }
+    target.saveableProperties.push(key);
+}
+exports.saveable = saveable;
 class DbDoc {
+    /**
+     * class constructor
+     */
     constructor() {
         this.collection = this.constructor['dbCollection'];
     }
+    /**
+     * saves this instance but not any connected items
+     * may lead to data inconsistencies, but is faster
+     */
     save() {
+        let saveableObject = {};
+        for (let propertyNameString of this.saveableProperties) {
+            saveableObject[propertyNameString] = this[propertyNameString];
         }
+    }
+    /**
+     * also store any referenced objects to DB
+     * better for data consistency
+     */
     saveDeep() {
+        this.save();
     }
 }
 exports.DbDoc = DbDoc;
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test/test.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ describe('smartdata', function () {
     it('should create an extended class', function () {
         @smartdata.Collection(testDb)
         class TestCar extends smartdata.DbDoc<TestCar> {
+            @smartdata.saveable
             color: string
             constructor(optionsArg: {
                 color: string,
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ describe('smartdata', function () {
             color: 'red',
             property2: 2
         })
+
+        should(testCarInstance.saveableProperties[0]).equal('color')
         console.log(TestCar)
         should(testCarInstance.collection).be.instanceof(smartdata.DbCollection)
         should(testCarInstance).be.instanceof(smartdata.DbDoc)

ts/smartdata.classes.dbdoc.ts

@@ -5,17 +5,55 @@ import { DbCollection } from './smartdata.classes.dbcollection'
 
 export type TDocCreation = 'db' | 'data' | 'mixed'
 
+/**
+ * sva - saveable decorator to be used on class properties
+ */
+export function saveable(target: DbDoc<any>, key: string) {
+    console.log('called sva')
+    if (!target.saveableProperties) { target.saveableProperties = [] }
+    target.saveableProperties.push(key)
+}
 
 export class DbDoc<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * the collection object an Doc belongs to
+     */
     collection: DbCollection<T>
+
+    /**
+     * how the Doc in memory was created, may prove useful later.
+     */
     creationType: TDocCreation
+
+    /**
+     * an array of saveable properties of a doc
+     */
+    saveableProperties: string[]
+
+    /**
+     * class constructor
+     */
     constructor() {
         this.collection = this.constructor['dbCollection']
     }
+
+    /**
+     * saves this instance but not any connected items
+     * may lead to data inconsistencies, but is faster
+     */
     save() {
-        
+        let saveableObject = {}
+        for (let propertyNameString of this.saveableProperties) {
+            saveableObject[propertyNameString] = this[propertyNameString]
+        }
     }
-    saveDeep() {
 
+    /**
+     * also store any referenced objects to DB
+     * better for data consistency
+     */
+    saveDeep() {
+        this.save()
     }
 }

tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "experimentalDecorators": true
+    }
+}