serialize for Sequelize

[eddyystop]

A Sequelize-specific hook like serialize is possible using something like https://github.com/hauru/sequelize-to-json

[daffl]

Is that what the hydrate hooks are doing?

[eddyystop]

I believe they convert between ORM and POJO objects.

I wonder if Sequelizer caches decisions given a set of includes. If it doesn't, at least some SQL databases cache their strategy decisions for reuse. In such a case there could be a benefit in reusing a set of includes even if they return more data than needed vs customizing for every case. Should that be true, the proposed hook could be useful.

[eddyystop]

Consolidating rfelated discussions in #347