refactor validateIncludedElement to utilise altered getAssociation

lib/dao-factory.js

@@ -1349,21 +1349,22 @@ module.exports = (function() {
 
   var validateIncludedElement = function(include, parent) {
     if (include instanceof DAOFactory) {
-      include = { daoFactory: include, as: include.tableName }
+      include = { daoFactory: include }
     }
 
     if (typeof parent === "undefined") {
       parent = this
     }
 
-    if (typeof include === 'object') {
+    if (typeof include !== 'object') {
+      throw new Error('Include unexpected. Element has to be either an instance of DAOFactory or an object.')
+    }
+
     if (include.hasOwnProperty('model')) {
       include.daoFactory = include.model
       delete include.model
-      }
-
-      if (!include.hasOwnProperty('as')) {
-        include.as = include.daoFactory.tableName
+    } else if (!include.hasOwnProperty('daoFactory')) {
+      throw new Error('Include malformed. Expected attributes: daoFactory, as!')
     }
 
     if (include.hasOwnProperty('attributes')) {
@@ -1384,18 +1385,11 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     // pseudo include just needed the attribute logic, return
     if (include._pseudo) return include
 
-      if (include.hasOwnProperty('daoFactory') && (include.hasOwnProperty('as'))) {
-        var usesAlias   = (include.as !== include.daoFactory.tableName)
-          , association = (usesAlias ? parent.getAssociationByAlias(include.as) : parent.getAssociation(include.daoFactory))
-
-        // If single (1:1) association, we singularize the alias, so it will match the automatically generated alias of belongsTo/HasOne
-        if (association && !usesAlias && association.isSingleAssociation) {
-          include.as = Utils.singularize(include.daoFactory.tableName, include.daoFactory.options.language)
-        }
-
     // check if the current daoFactory is actually associated with the passed daoFactory - or it's a pseudo include
-        if (association && (!association.options.as || (association.options.as === include.as))) {
+	var association = parent.getAssociation(include.daoFactory, include.as)
+    if (association) {
       include.association = association
+      include.as = association.as
 
       // If through, we create a pseudo child include, to ease our parsing later on
       if (Object(include.association.through) === include.association.through) {
@@ -1415,10 +1409,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
       }
 
       if (include.required === undefined) {
-            include.required = false
-            if (include.where) {
-              include.required = true
-            }
+        include.required = !!include.where
       }
 
       // Validate child includes
@@ -1430,7 +1421,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     } else {
       var msg = include.daoFactory.name
 
-          if (usesAlias) {
+      if (include.as) {
         msg += " (" + include.as + ")"
       }
 
@@ -1438,12 +1429,6 @@ module.exports = (function() {
 
       throw new Error(msg)
     }
-      } else {
-        throw new Error('Include malformed. Expected attributes: daoFactory, as!')
-      }
-    } else {
-      throw new Error('Include unexpected. Element has to be either an instance of DAOFactory or an object.')
-    }
   }
 
   var replaceReferencesWithTableNames = function(attributes) {