Moved copy() from VingKind to VingRecord as its easier to use and les…

…s fragile.

docs/change-log.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ outline: deep
 ---
 # Change Log
 
+## 2024-04-12
+* Moved copy() from VingKind to VingRecord as its easier to use and less fragile.
+
 ## 2024-04-11
 * Made currentUserStore more fault tollerant.
 * Implemented: add required to FormSelect #95

docs/subsystems/utils.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Combines a bunch of commonly used ving utilities into a single roll up package.
 
 Exports all of the useful functions from drizzle that are normally spread out across many different libraries. 
 
-### ving/record/VingRecord.mjs
+### ving/record/utils.mjs
 
 Exports a `useKind()` function that allows you to dynamically instanciate any VingKind.
 

ving/record/VingRecord.mjs

@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ export class VingRecord {
         throw ving.ouch(403, `You do not have the privileges to access ${schema.kind}.`)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new record based upon the props of an old one. Note that this doesn't save the new record to the database, you'll need to call `insert()` on it to do that.
+     * 
+     * Usage: `const newRecord = this.copy()`
+     * 
+     * @returns {Object} a newly minted record based upon the original props
+     */
+    async copy() {
+        const schema = findVingSchema(getTableName(this.table));
+        const kind = await ving.useKind(schema.kind);
+        let props = { ...this.getAll() };
+        delete props.id;
+        delete props.createdAt;
+        return kind.mint(props);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes the record from the database
      * 
@@ -631,21 +647,6 @@ export class VingKind {
         return undefined;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new record based upon the props of an old one. Note that this doesn't save the new record to the database, you'll need to call `insert()` on it to do that.
-     * 
-     * Usage: `const newRecord = Users.copy(user.getAll())`
-     * 
-     * @param {Object} originalProps a list of props to be copied
-     * @returns a newly minted record based upon the original props
-     */
-    copy(originalProps) {
-        let props = { ...originalProps };
-        delete props.id;
-        delete props.createdAt;
-        return this.mint(props);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the number of records of this kind
      * 

ving/tests/Users.vingrecord.test.mjs

@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ describe('Users', async () => {
         await warden.setPostedProps({ useAsDisplayName: 'email' }, warden);
         expect(warden.get('useAsDisplayName')).toBe('email');
     });
-    const guard = Users.copy(captain.getAll());
+    const guard = await captain.copy();
     test("clone a record", () => {
+        expect(guard.get('realName')).toBe('Byron Hadley');
         guard.setAll({
             username: 'guard',
             email: 'guard@shawshank.jail',