Computed Properties

Entity classes are just normal classes, so any common derived data can just be added as getters to the class itself.

import { Entity } from '@rest-hooks/rest';

class User extends Entity {
  id = '';
  firstName = '';
  lastName = '';
  username = '';
  email = '';

  pk() {
    return this.id;
  }

  get fullName() {
    return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`;
  }
}

If the computations are expensive feel free to add some memoization.

import { Entity } from '@rest-hooks/rest';
import { memoize } from 'lodash';

class User extends Entity {
  truelyExpensiveValue = memoize(() => {
    // compute that expensive thing!
  });
}

tip

If you simply want to deserialize a field to a more useful form like Date or BigNumber, you can use the declarative static schema.

import { Entity } from '@rest-hooks/rest';

class User extends Entity {
  id = '';
  firstName = '';
  lastName = '';
  createdAt = new Date(0);

  pk() {
    return this.id;
  }

  static schema = {
    createdAt: Date,
  };
}