Map of object containing a List<Object> for sqlite - flutter

Question

I am setting up my model classes to confirm to the docs for sqflite which suggest including a named constructor to convert to/from Maps to better handling of data between the classes and the DB. Every example I can find is very simple, with class properties all being simple data types.
Using the constructor and method shown below, converting to/from Map is quite simple when dealing with a class such as this.
class Human{
final String name;
final String height;
Final String weight;
Human({this.name, this.height, this.weight});
}
However, when you have a class where one of the fields is a bit more complex, I do not understand how to structure things within the named constructor and xxx method to return the map of data that I 'believe' I should get.
class Human{
final String name;
final String height;
Final String weight;
List<Child> children = [];
Human({this.name, this.height, this.weight, this.children});
}
Human({this.name, this.height, this.weight, this.children});
Human.fromMap(Map<String, dynamic> map)
: name = map['name'],
height = map['height'],
weight = map['weight'],
children = map['children'];
Map<String, dynamic> toMap() {
return {
'name': name,
'height': height,
'weight': weight,
'children': children,
};
}
The List children is the part I am struggling with. I believe you have to get each Child object ALSO converted to a map within the parent map, but am losing the battle here.
Is my approach way off here? Is there some other method I should be using to accomplish this?
Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Here I am explaining the following
How to convert a model object into Map to use with sqlite
How to convert a Map object from sqlite into a model class.
How to parse JSON reponse properly in flutter
How to convert a model object into JSON
All of the above questions has same answer. Dart has great support for these operations. Here I am going to illustrate it with a detailed example.
class DoctorList{
final List<Doctor> doctorList;
DoctorList({this.doctorList});
factory DoctorList.fromMap(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
return DoctorList(
doctorList: json['doctorList'] != null
? (json['doctorList'] as List).map((i) => Doctor.fromJson(i)).toList()
: null,
);
}
Map<String, dynamic> toMap() {
final Map<String, dynamic> data = Map<String, dynamic>();
if (this.doctorList != null) {
data['doctorList'] = this.doctorList.map((v) => v.toMap()).toList();
}
return data;
}
}
The above DoctorList class has a member which holds a list of 'Doctor' objects..
And see how I parsed the doctorList.
doctorList: json['doctorList'] != null
? (json['doctorList'] as List).map((i) => Doctor.fromMap(i)).toList()
: null,
You may wonder, how the Doctor class may look like. Here you go
class Doctor {
final String doCode;
final String doctorName;
Doctor({this.doCode, this.doctorName});
factory Doctor.fromMap(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
return Doctor(
doCode: json['doCode'],
doctorName: json['doctorName'],
);
}
Map<String, dynamic> toMap() {
final Map<String, dynamic> data = Map<String, dynamic>();
data['doCode'] = this.doCode;
data['doctorName'] = this.doctorName;
return data;
}
}
That's all. Hope you got the idea. Cheers!