Method addField

src/auto-generator.ts:236–428

(table: string, field: string)

  // Create a string containing field attributes (type, defaultValue, etc.)
  private addField(table: string, field: string): string {

    // ignore Sequelize standard fields
    const additional = this.options.additional;
    if (additional && (additional.timestamps !== false) && (this.isTimestampField(field) || this.isParanoidField(field))) {
      return '';
    }

    if (this.isIgnoredField(field)) {
      return '';
    }

    // Find foreign key
    const foreignKey = this.foreignKeys[table] && this.foreignKeys[table][field] ? this.foreignKeys[table][field] : null;
    const fieldObj = this.tables[table][field] as Field;

    if (_.isObject(foreignKey)) {
      fieldObj.foreignKey = foreignKey;
    }

    const fieldName = recase(this.options.caseProp, field);
    let str = this.quoteName(fieldName) + ": {\n";

    const quoteWrapper = '"';

    const unique = fieldObj.unique || fieldObj.foreignKey && fieldObj.foreignKey.isUnique;

    const isSerialKey = (fieldObj.foreignKey && fieldObj.foreignKey.isSerialKey) ||
      this.dialect.isSerialKey && this.dialect.isSerialKey(fieldObj);

    let wroteAutoIncrement = false;
    const space = this.space;

    // column's attributes
    const fieldAttrs = _.keys(fieldObj);
    fieldAttrs.forEach(attr => {

      // We don't need the special attribute from postgresql; "unique" is handled separately
      if (attr === "special" || attr === "elementType" || attr === "unique") {
        return true;
      }

      if (isSerialKey && !wroteAutoIncrement) {
        str += space[3] + "autoIncrement: true,\n";
        // Resort to Postgres' GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY instead of SERIAL
        if (this.dialect.name === "postgres" && fieldObj.foreignKey && fieldObj.foreignKey.isPrimaryKey === true &&
          (fieldObj.foreignKey.generation === "ALWAYS" || fieldObj.foreignKey.generation === "BY DEFAULT")) {
          str += space[3] + "autoIncrementIdentity: true,\n";
        }
        wroteAutoIncrement = true;
      }

      if (attr === "foreignKey") {
        if (foreignKey && foreignKey.isForeignKey) {
          str += space[3] + "references: {\n";
          str += space[4] + "model: \'" + fieldObj[attr].foreignSources.target_table + "\',\n";
          str += space[4] + "key: \'" + fieldObj[attr].foreignSources.target_column + "\'\n";
          str += space[3] + "}";