import "reflect-metadata";
import { type ClassTransformOptions, plainToClassFromExist, plainToInstance } from "class-transformer";
import validator, { ValidatorOptions } from "class-validator";


export default class Resource {
    public static hydrate<T extends Resource>(from: Partial<T>, options?: ClassTransformOptions) : T {
		const self: T = new (this as any);
		return plainToClassFromExist(self, from, options);
	}

    public static map<T = {}>(ClassEntity: { new (): T }, fromArray: T[], options?: ClassTransformOptions): T[] {
		return fromArray.map((from) => {
			return plainToInstance(ClassEntity, from, options);
		});
	}

    public static validateOrReject(validatorOptions?: ValidatorOptions){
        return validator.validateOrReject(this, validatorOptions);
    }

    public validateOrReject?(validatorOptions?: ValidatorOptions){
        return validator.validateOrReject(this, validatorOptions);
    }
}