Fields and their settings
A field's settings, such as generated:, unique: and on_delete:, go
in a block after its type, one per line:
entity Todo { id: Uuid due_at: Instant? created_at: Instant { generated: Generated.on_create // set once, when the record is created } updated_at: Instant { generated: Generated.on_change // set on create and on every change }}
generated: makes a field that Jadpo sets from the operation's clock:
Generated.on_create sets it once, when the record is created, and
Generated.on_change sets it on create and on every change. A generated
field is a required Instant. Code never assigns it, and it is never in
an Input.
A field that may be empty is written T?, like due_at above. Only an
Input has optional: and default:. A starting value that Jadpo sets,
rather than the caller, is the lifecycle's initial:
(Lifecycle).
Markdown for agents: /docs/fields-and-their-settings.md.Built from Jadpo main at a707efb.