Global Helpers Miscellaneous Functions any controller model test migrator migration tabledefinition
Returns a reference to the requested model so that class level methods can be called on it.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | Yes | Name of the model to get a reference to. |
// The `model("author")` part of the code below gets a reference to the model from the application scope, and then the `findByKey` class level method is called on it
authorObject = model("author").findByKey(1);