[v4] Is it possible to use sequelize.define method? about sequelize HOT 5 CLOSED

It doesn't make much sense to declare a class just for the type if you're not gonna use it, you should use interfaces. One possible way is shown in the tests: https://github.com/louy/typed-sequelize/blob/master/4/test/define.ts

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If you want to use a class to type it, you need to pass typeof MyModel as the type parameter or you will get an instance back.

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@felixfbecker I should have firstly take a look into the tests directory... Thanks for the answer and yeah, it looks much better when using classes with init instead of define. I was hoping to achieve something like:

const myType = define<typeof MyModel>(...)

const inst1: MyModel = myType.findById('1');

const inst2: MyModel = new myType();
inst2.id;

Still this way I would have to export two things from a module to define a variable type somewhere else in a code

export default myType;
export { MyModel }

Thanks for help

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No problem. Is there any reason you want to use define()? All it does is create a class for you: https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/blob/master/lib/sequelize.js#L343-L355

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No, there's no particular reason for it. I think using define is the most common way to define a model with Sequelize in JS, so I wanted it to be similar in TypeScript.

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