Serialization

It's possible to obtain a serialized object of a Structure using the method toJSON(). This method is also compliant with the JSON.stringify() specification, so you can use it to serialize your object too.

Important:

• Be aware that toJSON() will return an object, not the JSON in form of a string like JSON.stringify() does

• Refer to the Date#toJSON specification to see how dates will be serialized by JSON.stringify

• Refer to Dealing with nullable attributes to check how nullables are going to be returned on Serialization

const Book = attributes({
  name: String
})(class Book { });

const User = attributes({
  name: String,
  birth: Date,
  books: {
    type: Array,
    itemType: Book
  }
})(class User { });

const user = new User({
  name: 'John Something',
  birth: new Date('10/10/1990'),
  books: [
    new Book({ name: 'The name of the wind' }),
    new Book({ name: 'Stonehenge' })
  ]
});

user.toJSON(); /* {
  name: 'John Something',
  birth: new Date('10/10/1990'),
  books: [
    { name: 'The name of the wind' },
    { name: 'Stonehenge' }
  ]
}
*/

JSON.stringify(user)); // {"name":"John Something","birth":"1990-10-10T03:00:00.000Z","books":[{"name":"The name of the wind"},{"name":"Stonehenge"}]}