modelling/lib/interfaces/Assignable.ts

export interface Assignable {
  assign (a: Assignable): void;
  assign_to (a: Assignable): void;
}

export abstract class Persistent {
  private data: Record<string, unknown> = {};
  private properties: Record<string, string>;

  public constructor() {
    this.properties = this.define_properties();
  }

  public abstract define_properties(): Record<string, string>;

  public assign (da: Assignable): void {
    this.assign_object (da.get_data ());
  }

  public assign_to (da: Assignable): void {
    da.assign (this);
  }

  public assign_object (obj: Record<string, unknown>): void {
    for (const key of Object.keys (obj))
      this.data[key] = obj[key];
  }

  public get_data (): Record<string, unknown> {
    return this.data;
  }

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}