 https://github.com/jazzdotdev/lighttouch/blob/364b3e3cb1be8caac90ab212ce3db4593d7d4b78/loaders/models.lua#L22 Lighttouch loaders preprocess everything, so this would make sense to do that way too.. 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https://github.com/jazzdotdev/lighttouch/blob/364b3e3cb1be8caac90ab212ce3db4593d7d4b78/loaders/models.lua#L22
Lighttouch loaders preprocess everything, so this would make sense to do that way too..
While loading the models, check for this type of syntax and setup the data interfaces to Classes instead of database objects