+ return ( grep { $column_type eq $_ } @decimal_types) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+=head3 prefetch_whitelist
+
+ my $whitelist = $object->prefetch_whitelist()
+
+Returns a hash of prefetchable subs and the type they return.
+
+=cut
+
+sub prefetch_whitelist {
+ my ( $self ) = @_;
+
+ my $whitelist = {};
+ my $relations = $self->_result->result_source->_relationships;
+
+ foreach my $key (keys %{$relations}) {
+ if($self->can($key)) {
+ my $result_class = $relations->{$key}->{class};
+ my $obj = $result_class->new;
+ try {
+ $whitelist->{$key} = Koha::Object::_get_object_class( $obj->result_class );
+ } catch {
+ $whitelist->{$key} = undef;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $whitelist;
+}
+
+=head3 to_api
+
+ my $object_for_api = $object->to_api(
+ {
+ [ embed => {
+ items => {
+ children => {
+ holds => {,
+ children => {
+ ...
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ library => {
+ ...
+ }
+ },
+ ...
+ ]
+ }
+ );
+
+Returns a representation of the object, suitable for API output.
+
+=cut
+
+sub to_api {
+ my ( $self, $params ) = @_;
+ my $json_object = $self->TO_JSON;
+
+ my $to_api_mapping = $self->to_api_mapping;
+
+ # Rename attributes if there's a mapping
+ if ( $self->can('to_api_mapping') ) {
+ foreach my $column ( keys %{ $self->to_api_mapping } ) {
+ my $mapped_column = $self->to_api_mapping->{$column};
+ if ( exists $json_object->{$column}
+ && defined $mapped_column )
+ {
+ # key != undef
+ $json_object->{$mapped_column} = delete $json_object->{$column};
+ }
+ elsif ( exists $json_object->{$column}
+ && !defined $mapped_column )
+ {
+ # key == undef
+ delete $json_object->{$column};
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ my $embeds = $params->{embed};
+
+ if ($embeds) {
+ foreach my $embed ( keys %{$embeds} ) {
+ if ( $embed =~ m/^(?<relation>.*)_count$/
+ and $embeds->{$embed}->{is_count} ) {
+
+ my $relation = $+{relation};
+ $json_object->{$embed} = $self->$relation->count;
+ }
+ else {
+ my $curr = $embed;
+ my $next = $embeds->{$curr}->{children};
+
+ my $children = $self->$curr;
+
+ if ( defined $children and ref($children) eq 'ARRAY' ) {
+ my @list = map {
+ $self->_handle_to_api_child(
+ { child => $_, next => $next, curr => $curr } )
+ } @{$children};
+ $json_object->{$curr} = \@list;
+ }
+ else {
+ $json_object->{$curr} = $self->_handle_to_api_child(
+ { child => $children, next => $next, curr => $curr } );
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+
+
+ return $json_object;
+}
+
+=head3 to_api_mapping
+
+ my $mapping = $object->to_api_mapping;
+
+Generic method that returns the attribute name mappings required to
+render the object on the API.
+
+Note: this only returns an empty I<hashref>. Each class should have its
+own mapping returned.
+
+=cut
+
+sub to_api_mapping {
+ return {};
+}
+
+=head3 from_api_mapping
+
+ my $mapping = $object->from_api_mapping;
+
+Generic method that returns the attribute name mappings so the data that
+comes from the API is correctly renamed to match what is required for the DB.
+
+=cut
+
+sub from_api_mapping {
+ my ( $self ) = @_;
+
+ my $to_api_mapping = $self->to_api_mapping;
+
+ unless ( $self->{_from_api_mapping} ) {
+ while (my ($key, $value) = each %{ $to_api_mapping } ) {
+ $self->{_from_api_mapping}->{$value} = $key
+ if defined $value;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $self->{_from_api_mapping};
+}
+
+=head3 new_from_api
+
+ my $object = Koha::Object->new_from_api;
+ my $object = Koha::Object->new_from_api( $attrs );
+
+Creates a new object, mapping the API attribute names to the ones on the DB schema.
+
+=cut
+
+sub new_from_api {
+ my ( $class, $params ) = @_;
+
+ my $self = $class->new;
+ return $self->set_from_api( $params );
+}
+
+=head3 set_from_api
+
+ my $object = Koha::Object->new(...);
+ $object->set_from_api( $attrs )
+
+Sets the object's attributes mapping API attribute names to the ones on the DB schema.
+
+=cut
+
+sub set_from_api {
+ my ( $self, $from_api_params ) = @_;
+
+ return $self->set( $self->attributes_from_api( $from_api_params ) );
+}
+
+=head3 attributes_from_api
+
+ my $attributes = attributes_from_api( $params );
+
+Returns the passed params, converted from API naming into the model.
+
+=cut
+
+sub attributes_from_api {
+ my ( $self, $from_api_params ) = @_;
+
+ my $from_api_mapping = $self->from_api_mapping;
+
+ my $params;
+ my $columns_info = $self->_result->result_source->columns_info;
+
+ while (my ($key, $value) = each %{ $from_api_params } ) {
+ my $koha_field_name =
+ exists $from_api_mapping->{$key}
+ ? $from_api_mapping->{$key}
+ : $key;
+
+ if ( $columns_info->{$koha_field_name}->{is_boolean} ) {
+ # TODO: Remove when D8 is formally deprecated
+ # Handle booleans gracefully
+ $value = ( $value ) ? 1 : 0;
+ }
+ elsif ( _date_or_datetime_column_type( $columns_info->{$koha_field_name}->{data_type} ) ) {
+ try {
+ $value = dt_from_string($value, 'rfc3339');
+ }
+ catch {
+ Koha::Exceptions::BadParameter->throw( parameter => $key );
+ };
+ }
+
+ $params->{$koha_field_name} = $value;
+ }
+
+ return $params;