ORM type refactor

src/auth/repository/orm/ORMUser.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {Awaitable, JSONState} from '../../../util'
  * A basic ORM-driven user class.
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ORMUser extends Model<ORMUser> implements Authenticatable {
+export class ORMUser extends Model implements Authenticatable {
 
     protected static table = 'users'
 

src/auth/repository/orm/ORMUserRepository.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class ORMUserRepository extends AuthenticatableRepository {
 
     /** Look up the user by their username. */
     getByIdentifier(id: AuthenticatableIdentifier): Awaitable<Maybe<Authenticatable>> {
-        return (this.injector.getStaticOverride(ORMUser) as typeof ORMUser).query<ORMUser>()
+        return (this.injector.getStaticOverride(ORMUser) as typeof ORMUser).query()
             .where('username', '=', id)
             .first()
     }

src/auth/server/models/OAuth2TokenModel.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Field, FieldType, Model} from '../../../orm'
 import {OAuth2Token} from '../types'
 
-export class OAuth2TokenModel extends Model<OAuth2TokenModel> implements OAuth2Token {
+export class OAuth2TokenModel extends Model implements OAuth2Token {
     public static table = 'oauth2_tokens'
 
     public static key = 'oauth2_token_id'

src/auth/server/repositories/ORMTokenRepository.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class ORMTokenRepository extends TokenRepository {
     async find(id: string): Promise<Maybe<OAuth2Token>> {
         const idNum = parseInt(id, 10)
         if ( !isNaN(idNum) ) {
-            return OAuth2TokenModel.query<OAuth2TokenModel>()
+            return OAuth2TokenModel.query()
                 .whereKey(idNum)
                 .first()
         }

src/di/types.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ export function isInstantiableOf<T>(what: unknown, type: StaticClass<T, any>): w
 /**
  * Type that identifies a value as a static class, even if it is not instantiable.
  */
-export type StaticClass<T, T2, TCtorParams extends any[] = any[]> = Function & {prototype: T} & { new (...args: TCtorParams) : T } & T2  // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+export type StaticClass<T, T2, TCtorParams extends any[] = any[]> = T2 & StaticThis<T, TCtorParams>  // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+
+/**
+ * Quasi-reference to a `this` type w/in a static member.
+ * @see https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/5863#issuecomment-302861175
+ */
+export type StaticThis<T, TCtorParams extends any[]> = { new (...args: TCtorParams): T }
 
 /**
  * Type that identifies a value as a static class that instantiates to itself

src/orm/model/Model.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {ModelKey, QueryRow, QuerySource} from '../types'
-import {Container, Inject, Instantiable, isInstantiable} from '../../di'
+import {Container, Inject, Instantiable, isInstantiable, StaticClass, StaticThis} from '../../di'
 import {DatabaseService} from '../DatabaseService'
 import {ModelBuilder} from './ModelBuilder'
 import {getFieldsMeta, ModelField} from './Field'
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import {HasOne} from './relation/HasOne'
 import {HasMany} from './relation/HasMany'
 import {HasOneOrMany} from './relation/HasOneOrMany'
 import {Scope, ScopeClosure} from './scope/Scope'
-import {LocalBus} from '../../support/bus/LocalBus'
+import {LocalBus} from '../../support/bus'
 import {ModelEvent} from './events/ModelEvent'
 
 /**
  * Base for classes that are mapped to tables in a database.
  */
-export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>> {
+export abstract class Model extends LocalBus<ModelEvent> {
     @Inject()
     protected readonly logging!: Logging
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * Relations that should be eager-loaded by default.
      * @protected
      */
-    protected with: (keyof T)[] = []
+    protected with: (keyof this)[] = []
 
     /**
      * The original row fetched from the database.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * Cache of relation instances by property accessor.
      * This is used by the `@Relation()` decorator to cache Relation instances.
      */
-    public relationCache: Collection<{ accessor: string | symbol, relation: Relation<T, any, any> }> = new Collection<{accessor: string | symbol; relation: Relation<T, any, any>}>()
+    public relationCache: Collection<{ accessor: string | symbol, relation: Relation<any, any, any> }> = new Collection<{accessor: string | symbol; relation: Relation<any, any, any>}>()
 
     protected scopes: Collection<{ accessor: string | Instantiable<Scope>, scope: ScopeClosure }> = new Collection<{accessor: string | Instantiable<Scope>; scope: ScopeClosure}>()
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * const user = await UserModel.query<UserModel>().where('name', 'LIKE', 'John Doe').first()
      * ```
      */
-    public static query<T2 extends Model<T2>>(): ModelBuilder<T2> {
+    public static query<T2 extends Model>(this: StaticThis<T2, any[]> & typeof Model): ModelBuilder<T2> {
         const builder = <ModelBuilder<T2>> Container.getContainer().make<ModelBuilder<T2>>(ModelBuilder, this)
         const source: QuerySource = this.querySource()
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
         } else if ( this.constructor.length < 1 ) {
             // Otherwise, if we can instantiate the model without any arguments,
             // do that and get the eager-loaded relations directly.
-            const inst = Container.getContainer().make<Model<any>>(this)
+            const inst = Container.getContainer().make<Model>(this)
             if ( Array.isArray(inst.with) ) {
                 for (const relation of inst.with) {
                     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
             builder.withScopes(this.prototype.scopes)
         } else if ( this.constructor.length < 1 ) {
             // Otherwise, try to instantiate the model if possible and load the scopes that way
-            const inst = Container.getContainer().make<Model<any>>(this)
+            const inst = Container.getContainer().make<Model>(this)
             builder.withScopes(inst.scopes)
         }
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
             this.setFieldFromObject(field.modelKey, field.databaseKey, row)
         })
 
-        await this.push(new ModelRetrievedEvent<T>(this as any))
+        await this.push(new ModelRetrievedEvent<this>(this as any))
         return this
     }
 
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      *  .update({ username: 'jdoe' })
      * ```
      */
-    public query(): ModelBuilder<T> {
+    public query(): ModelBuilder<this> {
         const ModelClass = this.constructor as typeof Model
-        const builder = <ModelBuilder<T>> this.app().make<ModelBuilder<T>>(ModelBuilder, ModelClass)
+        const builder = <ModelBuilder<this>> this.app().make<ModelBuilder<this>>(ModelBuilder, ModelClass)
         const source: QuerySource = ModelClass.querySource()
 
         builder.connection(ModelClass.getConnection())
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
 
         builder.withScopes(this.scopes)
 
+        return this.newBuilderInstance(builder)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configure ModelBuilder instances that query this model.
+     * @param builder
+     * @protected
+     */
+    protected newBuilderInstance(builder: ModelBuilder<this>): ModelBuilder<this> {
         return builder
     }
 
@@ -365,7 +374,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      *
      * @param key
      */
-    public static async findByKey<T2 extends Model<T2>>(key: ModelKey): Promise<undefined | T2> {
+    public static async findByKey<T2 extends Model>(this: StaticThis<T2, any[]> & typeof Model, key: ModelKey): Promise<undefined | T2> {
         return this.query<T2>()
             .where(this.qualifyKey(), '=', key)
             .limit(1)
@@ -376,7 +385,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
     /**
      * Get an array of all instances of this model.
      */
-    public async all(): Promise<T[]> {
+    public async all(): Promise<this[]> {
         return this.query().get()
             .all()
     }
@@ -616,12 +625,12 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      *
      * @param withoutTimestamps
      */
-    public async save({ withoutTimestamps = false } = {}): Promise<Model<T>> {
+    public async save({ withoutTimestamps = false } = {}): Promise<this> {
-        await this.push(new ModelSavingEvent<T>(this as any))
+        await this.push(new ModelSavingEvent<this>(this))
         const ctor = this.constructor as typeof Model
 
         if ( this.exists() && this.isDirty() ) {
-            await this.push(new ModelUpdatingEvent<T>(this as any))
+            await this.push(new ModelUpdatingEvent<this>(this))
 
             if ( !withoutTimestamps && ctor.timestamps && ctor.UPDATED_AT ) {
                 (this as any)[ctor.UPDATED_AT] = new Date()
@@ -642,9 +651,9 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
                 await this.assumeFromSource(data)
             }
 
-            await this.push(new ModelUpdatedEvent<T>(this as any))
+            await this.push(new ModelUpdatedEvent<this>(this))
         } else if ( !this.exists() ) {
-            await this.push(new ModelCreatingEvent<T>(this as any))
+            await this.push(new ModelCreatingEvent<this>(this))
 
             if ( !withoutTimestamps ) {
                 if ( ctor.timestamps && ctor.CREATED_AT ) {
@@ -675,10 +684,10 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
                 await this.assumeFromSource(data)
             }
 
-            await this.push(new ModelCreatedEvent<T>(this as any))
+            await this.push(new ModelCreatedEvent<this>(this))
         }
 
-        await this.push(new ModelSavedEvent<T>(this as any))
+        await this.push(new ModelSavedEvent<this>(this))
         return this
     }
 
@@ -745,7 +754,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * This returns a NEW instance of the SAME record by matching on
      * the primary key. It does NOT change the current instance of the record.
      */
-    public async fresh(): Promise<Model<T> | undefined> {
+    public async fresh(): Promise<this | undefined> {
         return this.query()
             .where(this.qualifyKey(), '=', this.key())
             .limit(1)
@@ -789,7 +798,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      *
      * @param model
      */
-    public async populate(model: T): Promise<T> {
+    public async populate(model: this): Promise<this> {
         const row = this.toQueryRow()
         delete row[this.keyName()]
         await model.assumeFromSource(row)
@@ -803,7 +812,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      *
      * @param other
      */
-    public is(other: Model<any>): boolean {
+    public is(other: Model): boolean {
         return this.key() === other.key() && this.qualifyKey() === other.qualifyKey()
     }
 
@@ -811,7 +820,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * Inverse of `is()`.
      * @param other
      */
-    public isNot(other: Model<any>): boolean {
+    public isNot(other: Model): boolean {
         return !this.is(other)
     }
 
@@ -886,8 +895,8 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * @param foreignKeyOverride
      * @param localKeyOverride
      */
-    public hasOne<T2 extends Model<T2>>(related: Instantiable<T2>, foreignKeyOverride?: keyof T & string, localKeyOverride?: keyof T2 & string): HasOne<T, T2> {
+    public hasOne<T2 extends Model>(related: Instantiable<T2>, foreignKeyOverride?: keyof this & string, localKeyOverride?: keyof T2 & string): HasOne<this, T2> {
-        return new HasOne<T, T2>(this as unknown as T, this.make(related), foreignKeyOverride, localKeyOverride)
+        return new HasOne<this, T2>(this, this.make(related), foreignKeyOverride, localKeyOverride)
     }
 
 
@@ -908,8 +917,8 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * @param foreignKeyOverride
      * @param localKeyOverride
      */
-    public hasMany<T2 extends Model<T2>>(related: Instantiable<T2>, foreignKeyOverride?: keyof T & string, localKeyOverride?: keyof T2 & string): HasMany<T, T2> {
+    public hasMany<T2 extends Model>(related: Instantiable<T2>, foreignKeyOverride?: keyof this & string, localKeyOverride?: keyof T2 & string): HasMany<this, T2> {
-        return new HasMany<T, T2>(this as unknown as T, this.make(related), foreignKeyOverride, localKeyOverride)
+        return new HasMany<this, T2>(this, this.make(related), foreignKeyOverride, localKeyOverride)
     }
 
     /**
@@ -935,7 +944,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * @param related
      * @param relationName
      */
-    public belongsToOne<T2 extends Model<T2>>(related: Instantiable<T>, relationName: keyof T2): HasOne<T, T2> {
+    public belongsToOne<T2 extends Model>(related: Instantiable<T2>, relationName: keyof T2): HasOne<this, T2> {
         const relatedInst = this.make(related) as T2
         const relation = relatedInst.getRelation(relationName)
 
@@ -946,11 +955,11 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
         const localKey = relation.localKey
         const foreignKey = relation.foreignKey
 
-        if ( !isKeyof(localKey, this as unknown as T) || !isKeyof(foreignKey, relatedInst) ) {
+        if ( !isKeyof(localKey, this) || !isKeyof(foreignKey, relatedInst) ) {
             throw new TypeError('Local or foreign keys do not exist on the base model.')
         }
 
-        return new HasOne<T, T2>(this as unknown as T, relatedInst, localKey, foreignKey)
+        return new HasOne(this, relatedInst, localKey, foreignKey)
     }
 
 
@@ -977,7 +986,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * @param related
      * @param relationName
      */
-    public belongsToMany<T2 extends Model<T2>>(related: Instantiable<T>, relationName: keyof T2): HasMany<T, T2> {
+    public belongsToMany<T2 extends Model>(related: Instantiable<T2>, relationName: keyof T2): HasMany<this, T2> {
         const relatedInst = this.make(related) as T2
         const relation = relatedInst.getRelation(relationName)
 
@@ -988,11 +997,11 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
         const localKey = relation.localKey
         const foreignKey = relation.foreignKey
 
-        if ( !isKeyof(localKey, this as unknown as T) || !isKeyof(foreignKey, relatedInst) ) {
+        if ( !isKeyof(localKey, this) || !isKeyof(foreignKey, relatedInst) ) {
             throw new TypeError('Local or foreign keys do not exist on the base model.')
         }
 
-        return new HasMany<T, T2>(this as unknown as T, relatedInst, localKey, foreignKey)
+        return new HasMany(this, relatedInst, localKey, foreignKey)
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1000,7 +1009,7 @@ export abstract class Model<T extends Model<T>> extends LocalBus<ModelEvent<T>>
      * @param name
      * @protected
      */
-    public getRelation<T2 extends Model<T2>>(name: keyof this): Relation<T, T2, RelationValue<T2>> {
+    public getRelation<T2 extends Model>(name: keyof this): Relation<this, T2, RelationValue<T2>> {
         const relFn = this[name]
 
         if ( relFn instanceof Relation ) {

src/orm/model/ModelBuilder.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {Scope, ScopeClosure} from './scope/Scope'
 /**
  * Implementation of the abstract builder whose results yield instances of a given Model, `T`.
  */
-export class ModelBuilder<T extends Model<T>> extends AbstractBuilder<T> {
+export class ModelBuilder<T extends Model> extends AbstractBuilder<T> {
     protected eagerLoadRelations: (keyof T)[] = []
 
     protected appliedScopes: Collection<{ accessor: string | Instantiable<Scope>, scope: ScopeClosure }> = new Collection<{accessor: string | Instantiable<Scope>; scope: ScopeClosure}>()

src/orm/model/ModelResultIterable.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {collect, Collection} from '../../util'
 /**
  * Implementation of the result iterable that returns query results as instances of the defined model.
  */
-export class ModelResultIterable<T extends Model<T>> extends AbstractResultIterable<T> {
+export class ModelResultIterable<T extends Model> extends AbstractResultIterable<T> {
     constructor(
         public readonly builder: ModelBuilder<T>,
         public readonly connection: Connection,

src/orm/model/ModelSerializer.ts

@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ export interface ModelSerialPayload extends JSONState {
 
 @ObjectSerializer()
 @Injectable()
-export class ModelSerializer extends BaseSerializer<Model<any>, ModelSerialPayload> {
+export class ModelSerializer extends BaseSerializer<Model, ModelSerialPayload> {
     @Inject()
     protected readonly canon!: Canon
 
-    protected async decodeSerial(serial: ModelSerialPayload): Promise<Model<any>> {
+    protected async decodeSerial(serial: ModelSerialPayload): Promise<Model> {
         const ModelClass = this.canon.getFromFullyQualified(serial.canonicalResolver) as typeof Model
-        if ( !ModelClass || !(ModelClass.prototype instanceof Model) || !isInstantiable<Model<any>>(ModelClass) ) {
+        if ( !ModelClass || !(ModelClass.prototype instanceof Model) || !isInstantiable<Model>(ModelClass) ) {
             throw new ErrorWithContext('Cannot decode serialized model as canonical resolver is invalid', {
                 serial,
             })
         }
 
-        let inst: Maybe<Model<any>> = this.make<Model<any>>(ModelClass)
+        let inst: Maybe<Model> = this.make<Model>(ModelClass)
         if ( serial.primaryKey ) {
             inst = await ModelClass.query()
                 .whereKey(serial.primaryKey)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class ModelSerializer extends BaseSerializer<Model<any>, ModelSerialPaylo
         return inst
     }
 
-    protected encodeActual(actual: Model<any>): Awaitable<ModelSerialPayload> {
+    protected encodeActual(actual: Model): Awaitable<ModelSerialPayload> {
         const ctor = actual.constructor as typeof Model
         const canonicalResolver = ctor.getFullyQualifiedCanonicalResolver()
         if ( !canonicalResolver ) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class ModelSerializer extends BaseSerializer<Model<any>, ModelSerialPaylo
         return '@extollo/lib.ModelSerializer'
     }
 
-    matchActual(some: Model<any>): boolean {
+    matchActual(some: Model): boolean {
         return some instanceof Model
     }
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelCreatedEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right after a model is inserted.
  */
-export class ModelCreatedEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelCreatedEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelCreatedEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelCreatingEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right before a model is inserted.
  */
-export class ModelCreatingEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelCreatingEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelCreatingEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelDeletedEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right after a model is deleted.
  */
-export class ModelDeletedEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelDeletedEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelDeletedEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelDeletingEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right before a model is deleted.
  */
-export class ModelDeletingEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelDeletingEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelDeletingEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelEvent.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {Awaitable} from '../../../util'
  * Base class for events that concern an instance of a model.
  * @fixme support serialization
  */
-export abstract class ModelEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends BaseEvent {
+export abstract class ModelEvent<T extends Model = Model> extends BaseEvent {
     constructor(
         public readonly instance: T,
     ) {

src/orm/model/events/ModelRetrievedEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right after a model's data is loaded from the source.
  */
-export class ModelRetrievedEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelRetrievedEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelRetrievedEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelSavedEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right after a model is persisted to the source.
  */
-export class ModelSavedEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelSavedEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelSavedEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelSavingEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right before a model is persisted to the source.
  */
-export class ModelSavingEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelSavingEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelSavingEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelUpdatedEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right after a model's data is updated.
  */
-export class ModelUpdatedEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelUpdatedEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelUpdatedEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/events/ModelUpdatingEvent.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ import {ModelEvent} from './ModelEvent'
 /**
  * Event fired right before a model's data is updated.
  */
-export class ModelUpdatingEvent<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelEvent<T> {
+export class ModelUpdatingEvent<T extends Model> extends ModelEvent<T> {
     eventName = '@extollo/lib.ModelUpdatingEvent'
 }

src/orm/model/relation/HasMany.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {RelationNotLoadedError} from './Relation'
 /**
  * One-to-many relation implementation.
  */
-export class HasMany<T extends Model<T>, T2 extends Model<T2>> extends HasOneOrMany<T, T2, Collection<T2>> {
+export class HasMany<T extends Model, T2 extends Model> extends HasOneOrMany<T, T2, Collection<T2>> {
     protected cachedValue?: Collection<T2>
 
     protected cachedLoaded = false

src/orm/model/relation/HasOne.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {Maybe} from '../../../util'
 /**
  * One-to-one relation implementation.
  */
-export class HasOne<T extends Model<T>, T2 extends Model<T2>> extends HasOneOrMany<T, T2, Maybe<T2>> {
+export class HasOne<T extends Model, T2 extends Model> extends HasOneOrMany<T, T2, Maybe<T2>> {
     protected cachedValue?: T2
 
     protected cachedLoaded = false

src/orm/model/relation/HasOneOrMany.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {Collection, toString} from '../../../util'
 /**
  * Base class for 1:1 and 1:M relations.
  */
-export abstract class HasOneOrMany<T extends Model<T>, T2 extends Model<T2>, V extends RelationValue<T2>> extends Relation<T, T2, V> {
+export abstract class HasOneOrMany<T extends Model, T2 extends Model, V extends RelationValue<T2>> extends Relation<T, T2, V> {
     protected constructor(
         parent: T,
         related: T2,

src/orm/model/relation/Relation.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class RelationNotLoadedError extends ErrorWithContext {
 /**
  * Base class for inter-model relation implementations.
  */
-export abstract class Relation<T extends Model<T>, T2 extends Model<T2>, V extends RelationValue<T2>> extends InjectionAware {
+export abstract class Relation<T extends Model, T2 extends Model, V extends RelationValue<T2>> extends InjectionAware {
     protected constructor(
         /** The model related from. */
         protected parent: T,

src/orm/model/relation/RelationBuilder.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {Relation} from './Relation'
 /**
  * ModelBuilder instance that queries the related model in a relation.
  */
-export class RelationBuilder<T extends Model<T>> extends ModelBuilder<T> {
+export class RelationBuilder<T extends Model> extends ModelBuilder<T> {
     constructor(
         protected relation: Relation<any, T, any>,
     ) {

src/orm/model/relation/decorators.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function Related(): MethodDecorator {
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
         // @ts-ignore
         descriptor.value = function(...args) {
-            const model = this as Model<any>
+            const model = this as Model
             const cache = model.relationCache
 
             const existing = cache.firstWhere('accessor', '=', propertyKey)

src/orm/services/Models.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {CanonicalDefinition} from '../../service/Canonical'
  * Canonical unit responsible for loading the model classes defined by the application.
  */
 @Singleton()
-export class Models extends CanonicalStatic<Model<any>, Instantiable<Model<any>>> {
+export class Models extends CanonicalStatic<Model, Instantiable<Model>> {
     @Inject()
     protected readonly cli!: CommandLine
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Models extends CanonicalStatic<Model<any>, Instantiable<Model<any>>
         this.cli.registerTemplate(templateModel)
     }
 
-    public async initCanonicalItem(definition: CanonicalDefinition): Promise<Instantiable<Model<any>>> {
+    public async initCanonicalItem(definition: CanonicalDefinition): Promise<Instantiable<Model>> {
         const item = await super.initCanonicalItem(definition)
         if ( !(item.prototype instanceof Model) ) {
             throw new TypeError(`Invalid controller definition: ${definition.originalName}. Models must extend from @extollo/orm.Model.`)

src/orm/support/CacheModel.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {ModelBuilder} from '../model/ModelBuilder'
 /**
  * A model instance which stores records from the ORMCache driver.
  */
-export class CacheModel extends Model<CacheModel> {
+export class CacheModel extends Model {
     protected static table = 'caches';  // FIXME allow configuring
 
     protected static key = 'cache_key';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class CacheModel extends Model<CacheModel> {
     public cacheExpires?: Date;
 
     public static withCacheKey(key: string): ModelBuilder<CacheModel> {
-        return this.query<CacheModel>()
+        return this.query()
             .whereKey(key)
             .whereProperty('cacheExpires', '>', new Date())
     }

src/orm/support/ORMCache.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class ORMCache extends Cache {
     }
 
     public async put(key: string, value: string, expires?: Date): Promise<void> {
-        let model = await CacheModel.findByKey<CacheModel>(key)
+        let model = await CacheModel.findByKey(key)
         if ( !model ) {
             model = <CacheModel> Container.getContainer().make(CacheModel)
         }

src/orm/support/ORMSession.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ORMSession extends Session {
             throw new NoSessionKeyError()
         }
 
-        const session = <SessionModel> await SessionModel.findByKey(this.key)
+        const session = await SessionModel.findByKey(this.key)
         if ( session ) {
             this.session = session
             this.data = this.session.json

src/orm/support/SessionModel.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {FieldType} from '../types'
 /**
  * Model used to fetch & store sessions from the ORMSession driver.
  */
-export class SessionModel extends Model<SessionModel> {
+export class SessionModel extends Model {
     protected static table = 'sessions'  // FIXME allow configuring
 
     protected static key = 'session_uuid'