feat(backend): Mechanisme geïmplementeerd om makkelijk repositories te verkrijgen.

backend/src/data/repositories.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {AnyEntity, EntityName, EntityRepository} from "@mikro-orm/core";
+import {forkEntityManager} from "../orm";
+import {StudentRepository} from "./users/student-repository";
+import {Student} from "../entities/users/student.entity";
+
+function repositoryGetter<T extends AnyEntity, R extends EntityRepository<T>>(entity: EntityName<T>): () => R {
+    let cachedRepo: R | undefined;
+    return (): R => {
+        if (!cachedRepo) {
+            cachedRepo = forkEntityManager().getRepository(entity) as R;
+        }
+        return cachedRepo;
+    }
+}
+
+export const getStudentRepository = repositoryGetter<Student, StudentRepository>(Student);

backend/src/orm.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {AnyEntity, EntityName, EntityRepository, MikroORM} from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { EntityManager, MikroORM} from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import config from './mikro-orm.config.js';
 import {EnvVars, getEnvVar} from "./util/envvars";
 
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ export async function initORM(testingMode: boolean = false) {
         }
     }
 }
-
-export function getRepository<T extends AnyEntity>(entityName: EntityName<T>): EntityRepository<T> {
-    if (orm === undefined) {
-        throw new Error("ORM is not initialized yet");
+export function forkEntityManager(): EntityManager {
+    if (!orm) {
+        throw Error("Accessing the Entity Manager before the ORM is fully initialized.")
     }
-    return orm.em.fork().getRepository(entityName);
+    return orm.em.fork();
 }