Support createOnlyInstance in model

lib/model.js

@@ -758,6 +758,12 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     var pathName =
       (scope.options && scope.options.http && scope.options.http.path) || scopeName;
 
+    // if there is atleast one updateOnly property, then we set
+    // createOnlyInstance flag in __create__ to indicate loopback-swagger
+    // code to create a separate model instance for create operation only
+    const updateOnlyProps = this.getUpdateOnlyProperties();
+    const hasUpdateOnlyProps = updateOnlyProps && updateOnlyProps.length > 0;
+
     var isStatic = scope.isStatic;
     var toModelName = scope.modelTo.modelName;
 
@@ -791,6 +797,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
           type: 'object',
           allowArray: true,
           model: toModelName,
+          createOnlyInstance: hasUpdateOnlyProps,
           http: {source: 'body'},
         },
         {arg: 'options', type: 'object', http: 'optionsFromRequest'},

lib/persisted-model.js

@@ -627,6 +627,12 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     var typeName = PersistedModel.modelName;
     var options = PersistedModel.settings;
 
+    // if there is atleast one updateOnly property, then we set
+    // createOnlyInstance flag in __create__ to indicate loopback-swagger
+    // code to create a separate model instance for create operation only
+    const updateOnlyProps = this.getUpdateOnlyProperties();
+    const hasUpdateOnlyProps = updateOnlyProps && updateOnlyProps.length > 0;
+
     // This is just for LB 3.x
     options.replaceOnPUT = options.replaceOnPUT !== false;
 
@@ -643,6 +649,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       accepts: [
         {
           arg: 'data', type: 'object', model: typeName, allowArray: true,
+          createOnlyInstance: hasUpdateOnlyProps,
           description: 'Model instance data',
           http: {source: 'body'},
         },

test/fixtures/simple-integration-app/common/models/customer-forceid.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "customerforceidfalse",
+  "base": "PersistedModel",
+  "forceId": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    }
+  }
+}

test/fixtures/simple-integration-app/server/model-config.json

@@ -65,5 +65,9 @@
   "profile": {
     "dataSource": "db",
     "public": true
+  },
+  "customerforceidfalse": {
+    "dataSource": "db",
+    "public": true
   }
 }

test/remoting.integration.js

@@ -194,6 +194,21 @@ describe('remoting - integration', function() {
     ];
     expect(methods).to.include.members(expectedMethods);
   });
+
+  describe('createOnlyInstance', function() {
+    it('sets createOnlyInstance to true if id is generated and forceId is not set to false',
+      function() {
+        var storeClass = findClass('store');
+        var createMethod = getCreateMethod(storeClass.methods);
+        assert(createMethod.accepts[0].createOnlyInstance === true);
+      });
+
+    it('sets createOnlyInstance to false if forceId is set to false in the model', function() {
+      var customerClass = findClass('customerforceidfalse');
+      var createMethod = getCreateMethod(customerClass.methods);
+      assert(createMethod.accepts[0].createOnlyInstance === false);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('With model.settings.replaceOnPUT false', function() {
@@ -316,6 +331,12 @@ function getFormattedMethodsExcludingRelations(methods) {
   });
 }
 
+function getCreateMethod(methods) {
+  return methods.find(function(m) {
+    return (m.name === 'create');
+  });
+}
+
 function getFormattedScopeMethods(methods) {
   return methods.filter(function(m) {
     return m.name.indexOf('__') === 0;