JSON import and object casting to TS model

[bdarcus]

I'm closing this, both because of git issues, and because I can't figure out a bug related to my use of @Type.

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My focus is on the input data end, since that's where the obvious immediate need is (methods to format and process names, dates, etc.).

• Reference
• Contributor
• Date (transform)
• Title

Something like this should work for edtf dates:

@Type(() => DateStr)
@Transform(({ value }) => edtf(value), { toClassOnly: true })
  date: EDTFDATE;
}

EDIT: it likely won't, because EDTF is a complex model.

Also, at least by default, EDTF.js will fail loudly if the string you feed it isn't valid. So would need to do a type check first.

Still unsure on the details of date formatting config, but am including here also.

Here's an example as internally represented.

  Reference {
    id: "un",
    type: "article",
    author: [ Organization { name: "United Nations" } ],
    title: "The Title",
    issued: "2020"
  }

Note:

Been driving myself crazy assuming a bug on my end, but seems that it may this:

typestack/class-transformer#1510

Links:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76112334/discriminating-type-based-on-presence-of-different-properties

typestack/class-transformer#857 (comment)