Pro Ember Data: Getting Ember Data to Work with Your API

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D. TangPro Ember Datahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6561-1_13

13. Polymorphic Relationships

David Tang¹  

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Playa Vista, CA, USA

 

In this chapter, we will look at polymorphism and how it relates to Ember Data. If we look up the definition of polymorphism as it relates to programming, we’ll see it described as “the ability of an object to take on many forms.” For example, a product could come in the form of a book or a course. In an Ember application, we would have a book model and a course model that extend from a base product model. If we extend the definition of polymorphism to relationships in our Ember Data models, it means our relationships can hold ...