The goal of BaseRepository is to significantly reduce the boilerplate code required to implement data access layers for persistance entities by providing out of the box actions on the database.

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Installation
  • Install CDS-TS-Repository
  • Generate CDS Typed entities
    • Important
• Usage
  • Option 1 : Using BaseRepository with Standard SAP CAP CDS-TS
    • Step 1 : Create MyRepository class
    • Step 2 : Integrate MyRepository class
  • Option 2 : Using BaseRepository with CDS-TS-Dispatcher
    • Step 1 : Create MyRepository class
    • Step 2 : Inject MyRepository class
  • Drafts : BaseRepositoryDraft
    • Usage
  • Methods
    • create
    • createMany
    • getAll
    • getDistinctColumns
    • getLocaleTexts
    • paginate
    • find
    • findOne
    • findOneAndUpdate
    • builder
      • .find
        • elements
        • distinct
        • orderAsc
        • orderDesc
        • paginate
        • groupBy
        • columns
        • columnsFormatter
        • getExpand
        • forUpdate
        • forShareLock
        • hints
        • execute
      • .findOne
        • elements
        • columns
        • columnsFormatter
        • getExpand
        • forUpdate
        • forShareLock
        • hints
        • execute
    • update
    • updateOrCreate
    • updateLocaleTexts
    • delete
    • deleteMany
    • deleteAll
    • exists
    • count
  • Helpers
    • Filter
      • Overloads
      • Discriminated union
  • Decorators
    • @ExternalService
• Samples
• Contributing
• License
• Authors

Installation

Install CDS-TS-Repository

npm install @dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository

[!IMPORTANT] CDS-TS-Repository uses @sap/cds, @sap/cds-dk version 9

If you're using @sap/cds, @sap/cds-dk version 8 then install npm install @dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository@5.

Generate CDS Typed entities

Execute the following commands :

cds add typer

npm install

[!TIP] If above option is being used, this means whenever we change a .CDS file the changes will be reflected in the generated @cds-models folder.

Important

[!CAUTION] Import always the generated entities from the service folders and not from the index.ts

[!TIP] By default cds-typer will create in your package.json a quick path alias like :

"imports": {
  "#cds-models/*": "./@cds-models/*/index.js"
}

Use import helper to import entities from #cds-models like example :

• import { Book } from '#cds-models/CatalogService';

Usage

Option 1 : Using BaseRepository with Standard SAP CAP CDS-TS

This guide explains how to use the BaseRepository with the Standard SAP CDS-TS, allowing you to work without the need for the CDS-TS-Dispatcher.

Step 1 : Create MyRepository class

Start by creating MyRepository class, which will extend the BaseRepository<T> to handle operations for your entity.

Example

import { BaseRepository, Request } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository'
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE'

// Imported to have visibility over INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE ...
import { Service } from '@sap/cds';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {

  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity)
  }

  public aMethod(req: Request<MyEntity>) {
    const result1 = await this.create(...)
    const result2 = await this.createMany(...)
    const result5 = await this.getAll()
    const result6 = await this.paginate(...)
    const result7 = await this.find(...)
    const result8 = await this.findOne(...)
    const result9 = await this.delete(...)
    const result10 = await this.update(...)
    const result11 = await this.updateLocaleTexts(...)
    const result12 = await this.exists(...)
    const result13 = await this.count()
  }

  public anotherMethod(results: MyEntity[], req: Request<MyEntity>) {
    // ...
  }

  // Enhance with custom QL methods ...
  public customQLMethod() {
    const customQL = SELECT(MyEntity).columns(...).where(...)
    // ...
  }
}

Step 2 : Integrate MyRepository class

Now that you have MyRepository class, you can integrate it into your implementation.

1. Create a new private field:

private myRepository: MyRepository = new MyRepository();

2. Use the handler on the callback of the events :

this.before('READ', MyEntity, (req) => this.myRepository.aMethod(req));
this.after('READ', MyEntity, (results, req) => this.myRepository.anotherMethod(results, req));

Example

import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MainService extends cds.ApplicationService {
  private myRepository: MyRepository = new MyRepository();

  init() {
    this.before('READ', MyEntity, (req) => this.myRepository.aMethod(req));
    this.after('READ', MyEntity, (results, req) => this.myRepository.anotherMethod(results, req));

    return super.init();
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

Option 2 : Using BaseRepository with CDS-TS-Dispatcher

This guide explains how to use the BaseRepository with the CDS-TS-Dispatcher.

Step 1 : Create MyRepository class

Start by creating a MyRepository class, which will extend the BaseRepository<T> to handle operations for your entity.

1. Create a new class MyRepository:

export class MyRepository {}

2. Add @Repository decorator :

@Repository()
export class MyRepository {}

3. Extend MyRepository class to inherit the BaseRepository methods

@Repository()
export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // CDS-Typer entity
  }
}

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository'
import { Repository, Service } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-dispatcher'

import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE'

@Repository()
export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {

  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity) // CDS-Typer entity
  }

  aMethod() {
    const result1 = await this.create(...)
    const result2 = await this.createMany(...)
    const result5 = await this.getAll()
    const result6 = await this.paginate(...)
    const result7 = await this.find(...)
    const result8 = await this.findOne(...)
    const result9 = await this.delete(...)
    const result10 = await this.update(...)
    const result11 = await this.updateLocaleTexts(...)
    const result12 = await this.exists(...)
    const result13 = await this.count()
  }

  // Enhance with custom QL methods ...
  customQLMethod() {
    const customQL = SELECT(MyEntity).columns(...).where(...)
    // ...
  }
}

Step 2 : Inject MyRepository class

Now MyRepository class can be injected in another class using @Inject decorator.

Example

@EntityHandler(Book)
class MyEntityHandler {
  @Inject(MyRepository) private readonly myRepository: MyRepository;
  ...
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

Drafts : BaseRepositoryDraft

The BaseRepositoryDraft class extends BaseRepository by providing support for draft-enabled entities.

The BaseRepositoryDraft repository provides a clear separation of methods for working with active entities and draft instances.

Use BaseRepository methods when dealing with active entity instances.

• update
• delete
• create
• createMany
• ...

Use BaseRepositoryDraft methods when working with draft entity instances.

• updateDraft
• deleteDraft
• findOneDraft
• findDrafts
• ...

Usage

Example 1: Integrate BaseRepository & BaseRepositoryDraft using Mixin

import { BaseRepository, BaseRepositoryDraft, Mixin } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends Mixin(BaseRepository<MyEntity>, BaseRepositoryDraft<MyEntity>) {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity);
  }
  // ... define custom CDS-QL actions if BaseRepository ones are not satisfying your needs !
}

[!NOTE] MyRepository class will inherit all methods for active entities and drafts.

Active entity methods: .create, createMany, update, exists, delete, deleteMany ...

Draft entity methods: .updateDraft, existsDraft, deleteDraft, deleteManyDrafts ...

Example 2: Use only BaseRepositoryDraft methods

import { BaseRepository, BaseRepositoryDraft, Mixin } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepositoryDraft<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity);
  }
  // ... define custom CDS-QL actions if BaseRepository ones are not satisfying your needs !
}

[!IMPORTANT] Entity MyEntity must be annotated with @odata.draft.enabled: true to use BaseRepositoryDraft methods.

Methods

create

(method) this.create(entry: Entry<T>) : Promise<boolean>.

The create method allows you to create a new entry in the table.

Parameters

• entry (object): An object representing the entry to be created. The object should match the structure expected by MyEntity

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise that resolves when the insertion operation is completed successfully.

Example 1

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const createdInstance = await this.create({
      name: 'Customer 1',
      description: 'Customer 1 description',
    });
    // Further logic with createdInstance
  }
}

Example 2

The method is also able to create deep entities like

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const createdInstance = > await this.create({
      name: 'Customer 1',
      description: 'Customer 1 description',
      to_children: [{
        name: 'child 1'
        // ...
      }]
    });
    // Further logic with createdInstance
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

createMany

(method) this.createMany(...entries: Entries<T>[]) : Promise<boolean>.

The createMany method allows you to add multiple entries in the table.

Parameters

• entries (...entries: Entries<T>[]): An array of objects representing the entries to be created. Each object should match the structure expected by MyEntity.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise that resolves when the insertion operation is completed successfully.

Example 1

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {

    const create: MyEntity = {
      name: 'Customer 1',
      description: 'Customer 1 description',
    },
    {
      name: 'Customer 2',
      description: 'Customer 2 description',
    };

    // example 1
    const createdInstance = await this.createMany([create]);

    // example 2
    const createdInstance2 = await this.createMany({
      name: 'Customer 1',
      description: 'Customer 1 description',
    },
    {
      name: 'Customer 2',
      description: 'Customer 2 description',
    });

}
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

getAll

(method) this.getAll(): Promise<T[] | undefined>

The getAll method retrieves all table entries.

Return

• Promise<T[] | undefined>: A Promise resolving to an array of type T (e.g., MyEntity). If no results are found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    // Variant 1
    const results = await this.getAll();
    if (results) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = results?.length;
    const oneItem = results![0];

    // Further logic with results
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

getDistinctColumns

(method) this.getDistinctColumns<Column extends keyof T>(columns: Column[]>): Promise<Array<Pick<T, Column>> | undefined>

The getDistinctColumns method retrieves distinct values for the specified columns from the table.

Parameters

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of column names to retrieve distinct records for. Each column name should be of a type that matches the entity's schema.

Return

• Promise<Array<Pick<T, Column>> | undefined>: A Promise resolving to an array of objects containing the selected columns from the entity. If no results are found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const results = await this.getDistinctColumns(['currency_code', 'ID', 'name']);
    // or using spread strings
    // const results = await this.getDistinctColumns('currency_code', 'ID', 'name');

    // Variant 1
    if (results) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = results?.length;
    const oneItem = results![0];
    // Further logic with results
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

getLocaleTexts

(method) this.getLocaleTexts<Column extends keyof T>(columns: Column[]): Promise<Array<Pick<T, Column> & Locale> | undefined>

The getLocaleTexts method is designed to retrieve a list of items with localized text.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to extract the localized text.

Return

• Promise<Array<Pick<T, Column> & Locale> | undefined>: A Promise resolving to an array of objects containing the selected columns from the entity along with locale information. If no results are found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const results = await this.getLocaleTexts(['descr', 'ID']);
    // or
    const results = await this.getLocaleTexts('descr', 'ID');

    // Variant 1
    if (results) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = results?.length;
    const oneItem = results![0];
    // Further logic with results
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

paginate

(method) this.paginate(options: { limit: number; skip?: number | undefined }): Promise<T[]>

The paginate method allows you to find and retrieve a list of items with optional pagination similar to limit from SQL.

Parameters

• options (object): An object containing the following properties:
  • limit (number): The maximum number of items to retrieve.
  • skip? (optional, number): This property, if applied, will 'skip' a certain number of items (default: 0).

Return

• Promise<T[] | undefined>: A Promise resolving to an array of objects representing instances of type T (e.g., MyEntity). If no results are found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example 1 : Retrieve the first 10 items

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const results = await this.paginate({ limit: 10 });

    // Variant 1
    if (results) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = results?.length;
    const oneItem = results![0];
    // Further logic with results
  }
}

Example 2 : Retrieve items starting from the 20th item, limit to 5 items

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const resultsWithSkip = await this.paginate({ limit: 5, skip: 20 });

    // Variant 1
    if (resultsWithSkip) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = resultsWithSkip?.length;
    const oneItem = resultsWithSkip![0];

    // Further logic with resultsWithSkip
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

find

The find method allows you to find and retrieve entries from the table that match the specified keys.

Overloads

| Method | Parameters | Description | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | this.find(): Promise<T | undefined> | | Get all table items. | | this.find(keys: Entry<T>): Promise<T | undefined> | keys (object) | An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria. | | this.find(filter :Filter<T>): Promise<T | undefined> | filter (Filter) | An instance of Filter<T> |

Return

• Promise<T[] | undefined>: A Promise that resolves to an array of type T (e.g., MyEntity). If no results are found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example 1 using object

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const results = await this.find({ name: 'Customer', description: 'description' });

    // Variant 1
    if (results) {
      // do something with results
    }

    // Variant 2
    const items = results?.length;
    const oneItem = results![0];
    // Further logic with results
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

Example 2 using Filter

import { BaseRepository, Filter } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const filter = new Filter<MyEntity>({
      field: 'name',
      operator: 'LIKE',
      value: 'Customer',
    });

    // Execute the query using the find
    const results = await this.find(filter);
  }
}

[!TIP] See Filter for more complex QUERY filters

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

findOne

findOne(keys: Entry<T>): Promise<T | undefined>

The findOne method allows you to find and retrieve a single entry from the table that matches the specified keys. Parameters

• keys (object): An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in the MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.

Return

• Promise<T | undefined>: This method returns a Promise with a single entry of type T, where T is MyEntity. If no result is found, the Promise resolves to undefined.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const itemFound = await this.findOne({ name: 'Customer', description: 'description' });
    // Variant 1
    if (itemFound) {
      // do something with result
    }

    // Further logic with result
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

findOneAndUpdate

findOneAndUpdate(keys: Entry<T>, fieldsToUpdate: Entry<T>): Promise<boolean>

The findOneAndUpdate method performs an atomic find-and-update operation. It first checks if an entity matching the specified keys exists, and if found, updates it with the provided fields.

Parameters

• keys (object): An object representing the keys to identify the entity to find. Each key should correspond to a property in MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.
• fieldsToUpdate (object): An object representing the fields and their new values to update on the found entity.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise that resolves to:
  • true if the entity was found and successfully updated
  • false if the entity was not found or the update failed

Example 1: Basic usage

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const wasUpdated = await this.findOneAndUpdate(
      { ID: '123' },
      { name: 'Updated Name', status: 'active' }
    );

    if (wasUpdated) {
      console.log('Entity updated successfully');
    } else {
      console.log('Entity not found or update failed');
    }
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the class.

[!TIP] The method first verifies entity existence before attempting the update, ensuring safe update operations.

builder

.find

Overloads

| Method | Parameters | Description | | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | this.builder().find(): FindBuilder<T> | | Get all table items. | | this.builder().find(keys: Entry<T>): FindBuilder<T> | keys (object) | An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria. | | this.builder().find(filter :Filter<T>): FindBuilder<T> | filter (Filter) | An instance of Filter<T> |

Return

• FindBuilder<T>: A FindBuilder instance that provides access to the following methods for constructing a SELECT:

  • elements
  • distinct
  • orderAsc()
  • orderDesc()
  • groupBy()
  • columns()
  • columnsFormatter()
  • paginate()
  • getExpand()
  • forUpdate()
  • forShareLock()
  • execute()

elements

Provides the Metadata of Entity fields.

Example

const results = this.builder().find().columns('ID', 'currency_code').elements;

[!WARNING] Currently SAP does not offer typing on the elements.

distinct

Skip duplicates similar to SQL distinct.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find() // get all items
  .distinct.columns('country')
  .execute();

orderAsc

To order the ASC selected columns, you can use the orderAsc methods. Pass an array of column names to specify the order.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to order by.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .orderAsc('name', 'ID', 'company')
  // or
  //.orderAsc(['name', 'ID', 'company'])
  .execute();

orderDesc

To order the DESC selected columns, you can use the orderDesc methods. Pass an array of column names to specify the order.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to order by.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .orderDesc('name', 'ID', 'company')
  // or
  //.orderDesc(['name', 'ID', 'company'])
  .execute();

paginate

This method allows retrieve a list of items with optional pagination similar to limit from SQL.

Parameters

• options (object): An object containing the following properties:
  • limit (number): The maximum number of items to retrieve.
  • skip? (number): This property, if applied, will 'skip' a certain number of items (default: 0).

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .paginate({ limit: 1 })
  .execute();

groupBy

If you want to group the selected columns, use the groupBy method. Pass an array of column names to group by.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to group by.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .groupBy('name', 'company')
  // or
  //.groupBy(['name', 'company'])
  .execute();

columns

Specifies which columns to be fetched.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to show only.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .columns('name', 'currency_code')
  // or
  //.columns(['name', 'currency_code'])
  .execute();

[!WARNING] If columns() method is used together with getExpand() / columnsFormatter() / groupBy() / orderAsc() / orderDesc(), the columns() method can have impact on the final typing

columnsFormatter

The columnsFormatter can be used :

• To rename columns in your query results.
• To apply aggregate functions to specific columns, such as calculating averages, sums etc.

Parameters

• columns (object-1, object-n, ...)

  • column (string): The name of the column to be processed.
  • column1 (string) : The name of the column to be processed. (Applied only for CONCAT)
  • column2 (string) : The name of the column to be processed. (Applied only for CONCAT)
  • aggregate? [optional] (string): This property, if applied, will call aggregate function for the specified column name, below you can find the available aggregate functions :
    • String : 'LOWER' | 'UPPER' | 'LENGTH' | 'CONCAT' | 'TRIM'
    • Number : 'AVG' | 'MIN' | 'MAX' | 'SUM' | 'ABS' | 'CEILING' | 'TOTAL' | 'COUNT' | 'ROUND' | 'FLOOR'
    • Date : 'DAY' | 'MONTH' | 'YEAR' | 'HOUR' | 'MINUTE' | 'SECOND'
  • renameAs (string): This property creates a new column with the given name

Example 1

const results = await this.builder()
  .find()
  .columnsFormatter(
    { column: 'price', aggregate: 'AVG', renameAs: 'average' },
    { column: 'stock', renameAs: 'stockRenamed' },
  )
  .execute();

Example 2

const results = this.builder()
  .find({ ID: 201 })
  .getExpand(['reviews'])
  .columns('reviews', 'bookName', 'authorName')
  .columnsFormatter({ column1: 'bookName', column2: 'authorName', aggregate: 'CONCAT', renameAs: 'bookAndAuthorName' })
  .execute();

// above typing will have the following properties
// 'reviews', 'bookName', 'authorName', 'bookAndAuthorName'

getExpand

Use getExpand to specify which columns you want to expand from the table.

Overloads

| Type | Method | Parameters | Description | | :-------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Single expand | getExpand(...associations : Columns<T>[]): FindBuilder<T> | ...associations: Array<string> | Use Single expand when you want to expand only certain associations from the root level of the entity. -------- An array of strings representing the columns to expand, this will expand only first level of associations. | | Deep expand | getExpand(associations : Expand<T>): FindBuilder<T> | associations: object | Use Deep expand option when you want to deep expand certain associations. -------- An object representing the columns to expand. Value: - {} - If empty object is used as a value for an association, the empty object will perform a full expand of the association. Properties: - select? : Array<string> [optional]: Fetch only the mentioned columns. - expand? : object [optional]: Expand nested associations. | | Auto expand | getExpand(options : { levels : number }): FindBuilder<T> | levels: number | Use Auto expand to deep expand all associations within your entity. -------- You can control how deeply the method should expand associations by providing the levels. |

Example 1 : Auto expand

• Root - Entity
  • child - (association) - expanded
    • child - (composition) - expanded
    • ...
  • child - (association) - expanded
    • child (association) - expanded
    • ...

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand({ levels: 2 })
  .execute();

Example 2 : Deep expand

// expand 'author', 'genre' and 'reviews' associations
const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand({
    // expand 'author'
    author: {},

    // expand 'genre', having only 'ID' and 'name'
    genre: {
      select: ['ID', 'name'],
    },

    // expand 'reviews', having only 'ID', 'book_ID' fields and 'reviewer' association
    reviews: {
      select: ['ID', 'book_ID'],

      // expand 'reviewer', having only the 'ID'
      expand: {
        reviewer: {
          select: ['ID'],
        },
      },
    },
  })
  .execute();

Example 3 : Deep expand stored in a variable & using columns()

import { Expand } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';

// expand 'author', and 'reviews' associations
const associations: Expand<MyEntity> = {
  // expand 'author'
  author: {},

  // expand 'reviews' having all fields + expand reviewer association having only 'ID'
  reviews: {
    // expand 'reviewer', having only the 'ID'
    expand: {
      reviewer: {
        select: ['ID'],
      },
    },
  },
};

const results = await this.builder()
  .find() // get all items
  .columns('author', 'reviews')
  .getExpand(associations)
  .execute();

[!NOTE] If columns is used with getExpand the columns method will have impact on the final typing.

Example 4 : Simple expand (root only)

// expand only 'orders' and 'reviews' associations
const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand('orders', 'reviews')
  // or
  //.getExpand(['orders', 'reviews'])
  .execute();

forUpdate

Exclusively locks the selected rows for subsequent updates in the current transaction, thereby preventing concurrent updates by other parallel transactions.

Parameters

• options (object): An object containing the following properties:
  • wait? (number) [optional]: an integer specifying the timeout after which to fail with an error in case a lock couldn't be obtained.

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand('orders', 'reviews')
  .forUpdate({ wait: 5 })
  //or
  //.forUpdate()
  .execute();

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP forUpdate documentation.

forShareLock

Locks the selected rows in the current transaction, thereby preventing concurrent updates by other parallel transactions, until the transaction is committed or rolled back. Using a shared lock allows all transactions to read the locked record.

If a queried record is already exclusively locked by another transaction, the .forShareLock() method waits for the lock to be released.

Example

// Expand only 'orders' association
const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand('orders', 'reviews')
  .forShareLock()
  .execute();

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP forShareLock documentation. documentation.

hints

Passes hints to the database query optimizer that can influence the execution plan. The hints can be passed as individual arguments or as an array.

The SQL Optimizer usually determines the access path (for example, index search versus table scan) on the basis of the costs (Cost-Based Optimizer). You can override the SQL Optimizer choice by explicitly specifying hints in the query that enforces a certain access path.

Parameters

• ...hints (string[]): Query optimizer hings

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .hints('IGNORE_PLAN_CACHE', 'MAX_CONCURRENCY(1)')
  .execute();

[!IMPORTANT] This works only for HANA DB.

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP hints documentation. documentation.

execute

Finally, to execute the constructed query and retrieve the results as an array of objects, use the execute method. It returns a promise that resolves to the constructed query result.

Return

• Promise<T[] | undefined>: This method returns a Promise of T[] or undefined if nothing was found.

Example 1

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .execute();

Example 2

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({ name: 'A company name' })
  .orderAsc(['name'])
  .paginate({ limit: 5 })
  .getExpand('orders')
  .execute();

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

.findOne

Overloads

| Method | Parameters | Description | | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | this.builder().findOne(keys: Entry<T>): FindOneBuilder<T> | keys (object) | An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria. | | this.builder().findOne(filter :Filter<T>): FindOneBuilder<T> | filter (Filter) | An instance of Filter<T> |

Return

• FindOneBuilder<T>: A FindOneBuilder instance that provides access to the following methods for constructing a SELECT:

  • elements
  • columns
  • columnsFormatter
  • getExpand
  • forUpdate
  • forShareLock
  • execute

elements

Provides the Metadata of Entity fields.

Example

const oneResult = this.builder().findOne({ currency_code: 'USD' }).columns('ID', 'currency_code').elements;

[!WARNING] Currently SAP does not offer typing on the elements.

columns

Specifies which columns to be fetched.

Parameters

• columns (...columns : Columns<T>[]) : An array of name of the columns to show only.

Example

const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .columns('name', 'currency_code')
  // or
  //.columns(['name', 'currency_code'])
  .execute();

[!WARNING] If columns() method is used together with getExpand() / columnsFormatter() the columns() method can have impact on the final typing

columnsFormatter

The columnsFormatter can be used :

• To rename columns in your query results.
• To apply aggregate functions to specific columns, such as calculating averages, sums etc.

Parameters

• columns (object-1, object-n, ...)

  • column (string): The name of the column to be processed.
  • column1 (string) : The name of the column to be processed. (Applied only for CONCAT)
  • column2 (string) : The name of the column to be processed. (Applied only for CONCAT)
  • aggregate? [optional] (string): This property, if applied, will call aggregate function for the specified column name, below you can find the available aggregate functions :
    • String : 'LOWER' | 'UPPER' | 'LENGTH' | 'CONCAT' | 'TRIM'
    • ~~Number : 'AVG' | 'MIN' | 'MAX' | 'SUM' | 'ABS' | 'CEILING' | 'TOTAL' | 'COUNT' | 'ROUND' | 'FLOOR'.~~ Applicable only for this.builder().find
    • Date : 'DAY' | 'MONTH' | 'YEAR' | 'HOUR' | 'MINUTE' | 'SECOND'
  • renameAs (string): This property creates a new column with the given name

Example 1

const oneResult = this.builder()
  .findOne({ ID: 201 })
  .getExpand(['reviews'])
  .columns('reviews', 'bookName', 'authorName')
  .columnsFormatter({ column1: 'bookName', column2: 'authorName', aggregate: 'CONCAT', renameAs: 'bookAndAuthorName' })
  .execute();

// above typing will have the following properties
// 'reviews', 'bookName', 'authorName', 'bookAndAuthorName'

getExpand

Use getExpand to specify which columns you want to expand from the table.

Overloads

| Type | Method | Parameters | Description | | :-------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Single expand | getExpand(...associations : Columns<T>[]): FindBuilder<T> | ...associations: Array<string> | Use Single expand when you want to expand only certain associations from the root level of the entity. -------- An array of strings representing the columns to expand, this will expand only first level of associations. | | Deep expand | getExpand(associations : Expand<T>): FindBuilder<T> | associations: object | Use Deep expand option when you want to deep expand certain associations. -------- An object representing the columns to expand. Value: - {} - If empty object is used as a value for an association, the empty object will perform a full expand of the association. Properties: - select? : Array<string> [optional]: Fetch only the mentioned columns. - expand? : object [optional]: Expand nested associations. | | Auto expand | getExpand(options : { levels : number }): FindBuilder<T> | levels: number | Use Auto expand to deep expand all associations within your entity. -------- You can control how deeply the method should expand associations by providing the levels. |

Example 1 : Auto expand

• Root - Entity
  • child - (association) - expanded
    • child - (composition) - expanded
    • ...
  • child - (association) - expanded
    • child (association) - expanded
    • ...

const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand({ levels: 2 })
  .execute();

Example 2 : Deep expand

// expand 'author', 'genre' and 'reviews' associations
const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand({
    // expand 'author'
    author: {},

    // expand 'genre', having only 'ID' and 'name'
    genre: {
      select: ['ID', 'name'],
    },

    // expand 'reviews', having only 'ID', 'book_ID' fields and 'reviewer' association
    reviews: {
      select: ['ID', 'book_ID'],

      // expand 'reviewer', having only the 'ID'
      expand: {
        reviewer: {
          select: ['ID'],
        },
      },
    },
  })
  .execute();

Example 3 : Deep expand stored in a variable & using columns()

import { Expand } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';

// expand 'author', and 'reviews' associations
const associations: Expand<MyEntity> = {
  // expand 'author'
  author: {},

  // expand 'reviews' having all fields + expand reviewer association having only 'ID'
  reviews: {
    // expand 'reviewer', having only the 'ID'
    expand: {
      reviewer: {
        select: ['ID'],
      },
    },
  },
};

const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .columns('author', 'reviews')
  .getExpand(associations)
  .execute();

[!NOTE] If columns is used with getExpand the columns method will have impact on the final typing.

Example 4 : Simple expand

// expand only 'orders' and 'reviews' associations
const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .getExpand('orders', 'reviews')
  // or
  //.getExpand(['orders', 'reviews'])
  .execute();

forUpdate

Exclusively locks the selected rows for subsequent updates in the current transaction, thereby preventing concurrent updates by other parallel transactions.

Parameters

• options (object): An object containing the following properties:
  • wait? (number) [optional]: an integer specifying the timeout after which to fail with an error in case a lock couldn't be obtained.

Example

const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .forUpdate({ wait: 5 })
  //or
  //.forUpdate()
  .execute();

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP forUpdate documentation.

forShareLock

Locks the selected rows in the current transaction, thereby preventing concurrent updates by other parallel transactions, until the transaction is committed or rolled back. Using a shared lock allows all transactions to read the locked record.

If a queried record is already exclusively locked by another transaction, the .forShareLock() method waits for the lock to be released.

Example

// Expand only 'orders' association
const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .forShareLock()
  .execute();

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP forShareLock documentation. documentation.

hints

Passes hints to the database query optimizer that can influence the execution plan. The hints can be passed as individual arguments or as an array.

The SQL Optimizer usually determines the access path (for example, index search versus table scan) on the basis of the costs (Cost-Based Optimizer). You can override the SQL Optimizer choice by explicitly specifying hints in the query that enforces a certain access path.

Parameters

• ...hints (string[]): Query optimizer hings

Example

const results = await this.builder()
  .find({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .hints('IGNORE_PLAN_CACHE', 'MAX_CONCURRENCY(1)')
  .execute();

[!IMPORTANT] This works only for HANA DB

[!TIP] More info can be found on the official SAP CAP hints documentation. documentation.

execute

Finally, to execute the constructed query and retrieve the result as a single object, use the execute method. It returns a promise that resolves to the constructed query result.

Return

• Promise<T | undefined>: This method returns a Promise of T or undefined if nothing was found.

Example 1

const oneResult = await this.builder()
  .findOne({
    name: 'A company name',
  })
  .execute();

Example 2

const oneResult = await this.builder().findOne({ name: 'A company name' }).getExpand('orders').execute();

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

update

update(keys: Entry<T>, fieldsToUpdate: Entry<T>): Promise<boolean>

The update method allows you to update entries in the table that match the specified keys with new values for specific fields.

Parameters

• keys (object): An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in the MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.
• fieldsToUpdate (object): An object representing the fields and their updated values for the matching entries.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if the update operation is successful, and false otherwise.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const updated = await this.update(
      { ID: 'a51ab5c8-f366-460f-8f28-0eda2e41d6db' },
      { name: 'a new name', description: 'a new description' },
    );
    // Further logic with updated
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

updateOrCreate

updateOrCreate(...entries: Entries<T>[]): Promise<boolean>

The updateOrCreate method is a database operation that will update an existing row if a specified value already exists in a table, and insert a new row if the specified value doesn't already exist, similar to UPSERT from SQL.

Parameters

• entries (...entries: Entries<T>[]): An array of objects representing the entries to be created. Each object should match the structure expected by MyEntity.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if the update/create operation is successful, and false otherwise.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const updatedOrCreated = await bookRepository.updateOrCreate(
      {
        ID: 123,
        title: 'Magic Forest',
        descr: 'A magical journey through enchanted woods!',
      },
      {
        ID: 456,
        title: 'Mystic Mountain',
        descr: 'Explore the mysteries of the ancient mountain!',
      },
    );
    // Further logic with updated
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

updateLocaleTexts

updateLocaleTexts(localeCodeKeys: Entry<T> & Locale, fieldsToUpdate: Entry<T>): Promise<boolean>

The updateLocaleTexts method allows you to update entries in the table that match the specified localeCodeKeys with new values for specific fields.

Parameters

• localeCodeKeys (object): An object containing language codes 'en', 'de', 'fr', 'ro', ... and entity keys to filter entries.
• fieldsToUpdate (object): An object representing the keys and values to update. Each key corresponds to a property in the entity.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if the update operation is successful, and false otherwise.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const updated = await this.updateLocaleTexts({ locale: 'de', ID: 201 }, { name: 'ein neuer Name' });
    // Further logic with updated
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

delete

delete(keys: Entry<T>): Promise<boolean>

The delete method allows you to delete entries from the table that match the specified keys.

Parameters

• keys (object): An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in the MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if the delete operation is successful, and false otherwise.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const deleted1 = await this.delete({ name: 'Customer' });
    const deleted2 = await this.delete({ ID: '2f12d711-b09e-4b57-b035-2cbd0a02ba19' });
    // Further logic with deleted1 and deleted2
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

deleteMany

deleteMany(...entries: Entries<T>[]): Promise<boolean>

The deleteMany method allows you to delete multiple entries from the table that match the specified keys.

Parameters

• entries (...entries: Entries<T>[]) - An object representing the keys to filter the entries. Each key should correspond to a property in the MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if all instances were successfully deleted and false otherwise.

Example 1

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    // as an array of objects
    const deleted = await this.deleteMany([
      { ID: '2f12d711-b09e-4b57-b035-2cbd0a02ba19' },
      { ID: 'a51ab5c8-f366-460f-8f28-0eda2e41d6db' },
    ]);

    // as an spread of objects
    const deleted2 = await this.deleteMany(
      { ID: '2f12d711-b09e-4b57-b035-2cbd0a02ba19' },
      { ID: 'a51ab5c8-f366-460f-8f28-0eda2e41d6db' },
    );

    // Further logic with deleted
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

deleteAll

deleteAll(): Promise<boolean>

The deleteAll method allows you to delete all entries from the table but preserving the table structure, performing a cleanup of the table.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if all instances were successfully deleted and false otherwise.

Example 1

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const deleted = await this.deleteAll();
    // Further logic with deleted
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

exists

exists(keys: Entry<T>): Promise<boolean>

The exists method allows you to check whether entries exist in the table that match the specified fields.

Parameters

• keys (object): Each key should correspond to a property in the MyEntity, and the values should match the filter criteria.

Return

• Promise<boolean>: This method returns a Promise of true if the item exists in the databse and false otherwise.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const exists = await this.exists({ ID: '2f12d711-b09e-4b57-b035-2cbd0a02ba09' });
    // Further logic with exists
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity was generated using CDS-Typer and imported in the the class.

count

count(): Promise<number>

The count method allows you to count all items from the table.

Return

• Promise<number>: This method returns the count / number of items from MyEntity.

Example

import { BaseRepository } from '@dxfrontier/cds-ts-repository';
import { MyEntity } from 'LOCATION_OF_YOUR_ENTITY_TYPE';

export class MyRepository extends BaseRepository<MyEntity> {
  constructor() {
    super(MyEntity); // a CDS Typer entity type
  }

  public async aMethod() {
    const numberOfItemsInMyEntity = await this.count();
    // Further logic with numberOfItemsInMyEntity
  }
}

[!NOTE] MyEntity