Computed property for setter

[exenestecnico]

Im using Adonis 4.1. Any way to have a setter that sets more than one property in the model? Like the oposite of a computed property.

I have this table

I send the representative_name and representative_position fields to the frontend as representative: { name, position }. For this purpose I used a computed property in the model.

'use strict'
const Model = use('Model')

class StatalClient extends Model {
  static get hidden () {
    return ['client_id', 'representative_name', 'representative_position']
  }

  static get computed () {
    return ['representative']
  }

  getRepresentative({ representative_name, representative_position }) {
    return {
      name: representative_name,
      position: representative_position
    }
  }
}
module.exports = StatalClient

I would like to be also able to set the representative object that comes from the frontend on create or update, and that the corresponding fields are set in the model.

This is the way I'm currently setting and getting model values:

'use strict'
const Client = use('App/Models/Client')
const Address = use('App/Models/Address')

class StatalClientController {
  async store({ request, response }) {
    const { type, name, municipality, phone, email, address } = request.post()
    const { contract, REEUP, organism } = request.post()
    const { name: representative_name, position: representative_position } = request.post().representative

    const client = new Client()
    client.fill({ type, name, municipality, phone, email })

    const clientAddress = new Address()
    clientAddress.fill(address)
    await client.address().associate(clientAddress)

    await client.statal().create({ contract, REEUP, organism, representative_name, representative_position })

    await client.save()

    response.status(200).json({
      success: true, msg: '', data: client.id
    })
  }

  async show({ params, response }) {
    const res = { success: false, msg: '', data: null }

    const client = await Client.find(params.id)

    if (client) {
      const statalFields = (await client.statal().fetch()).toJSON()
      const address = (await client.address().fetch()).toJSON()
      res.success = true
      res.data = { ...client.toJSON(), ...statalFields, address }
    }

    response.status(200).json(res)
  }
}
module.exports = StatalClientController

Any way I can make a setter in StatalClient model so I dont have to extract the values from representative object before passing them to the model? As I'm doing with:

const { name: representative_name, position: representative_position } = request.post().representative
/* ... */
await client.statal().create({ contract, REEUP, organism, representative_name, representative_position })

I would like to do await client.statal().create({ contract, REEUP, organism, representative })

[prashanth1k]

As I understand, computed properties can only be read only. Did you try hooks for your use case?

[exenestecnico]

Yea I've seen hooks, but that's not what I'm looking for.