From c05e38a60ee5f6331119e663c7ed36ba7e0278e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Gobich <tom@tomgobich.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 20:33:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added ability to instantiate a DTO instance without
 initial data

---
 README.md                             | 4 ++--
 stubs/make/dto/main.stub              | 3 ++-
 test-files/expectations/account.txt   | 3 ++-
 test-files/expectations/some_test.txt | 3 ++-
 test-files/expectations/test.txt      | 3 ++-
 test-files/expectations/user.txt      | 3 ++-
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0cb1a6..229c009 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 > Easily make and generate DTOs from Lucid Models
 
-
 [![gh-workflow-image]][gh-workflow-url] [![npm-image]][npm-url] ![][typescript-image] [![license-image]][license-url]
 
 Converting Lucid Models to DTO files can be a tedious task. 
@@ -268,7 +267,8 @@ export default class AccountDto {
   declare isBudgetable: boolean
   declare balanceDisplay: string
 
-  constructor(account: Account) {
+  constructor(account?: Account) {
+    if (!account) return
     this.id = account.id
     this.userId = account.userId
     this.accountTypeId = account.accountTypeId
diff --git a/stubs/make/dto/main.stub b/stubs/make/dto/main.stub
index 1617a4b..fdad873 100644
--- a/stubs/make/dto/main.stub
+++ b/stubs/make/dto/main.stub
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {{ model.name }} from '#models/{{ string.snakeCase(model.name) }}'
 export default class {{ dto.className }} {{{ '{' }}}{{ #each dto.properties as property }}
   {{{ property.declaration }}}{{ /each }}
 
-  constructor({{ model.variable }}: {{ model.name }}) {{{ '{' }}}{{ #each dto.properties as property }}
+  constructor({{ model.variable }}?: {{ model.name }}) {
+    if (!{{ model.variable }}) return{{ #each dto.properties as property }}
     this.{{ property.name }} = {{{ property.valueSetter }}}{{ /each }}
   }
 
diff --git a/test-files/expectations/account.txt b/test-files/expectations/account.txt
index 3995e65..9deba29 100644
--- a/test-files/expectations/account.txt
+++ b/test-files/expectations/account.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export default class AccountDto {
   declare isBudgetable: boolean
   declare balanceDisplay: string
 
-  constructor(account: Account) {
+  constructor(account?: Account) {
+    if (!account) return
     this.id = account.id
     this.userId = account.userId
     this.accountTypeId = account.accountTypeId
diff --git a/test-files/expectations/some_test.txt b/test-files/expectations/some_test.txt
index 16e6051..2c62eda 100644
--- a/test-files/expectations/some_test.txt
+++ b/test-files/expectations/some_test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ export default class SomeTestDto {
   declare id: number
   declare createdAt: string
 
-  constructor(test: Test) {
+  constructor(test?: Test) {
+    if (!test) return
     this.id = test.id
     this.createdAt = test.createdAt.toISO()!
   }
diff --git a/test-files/expectations/test.txt b/test-files/expectations/test.txt
index 03e8d62..35dd472 100644
--- a/test-files/expectations/test.txt
+++ b/test-files/expectations/test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ export default class TestDto {
   declare id: number
   declare createdAt: string
 
-  constructor(test: Test) {
+  constructor(test?: Test) {
+    if (!test) return
     this.id = test.id
     this.createdAt = test.createdAt.toISO()!
   }
diff --git a/test-files/expectations/user.txt b/test-files/expectations/user.txt
index c17fcf5..2236e98 100644
--- a/test-files/expectations/user.txt
+++ b/test-files/expectations/user.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export default class UserDto {
   declare stockPurchases: StockPurchaseDto[]
   declare stocks: StockDto[]
 
-  constructor(user: User) {
+  constructor(user?: User) {
+    if (!user) return
     this.id = user.id
     this.fullName = user.fullName
     this.email = user.email