Question

I would like to change the serializer for Breeze so that my javascript objects are camelCased. In the documentation it says this can be done but says it is TO BE EXPLAINED.

You can change the formatter’s configuration [TO BE EXPLAINED] but if
you do so you, you are responsible for ensuring that your changes do
not conflict with Breeze expectation.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Answer 1

Simplest is to simply call

breeze.NamingConvention.camelCase.setAsDefault();

before your first query ( or before you create your first metaData store).

There is more information here, here and here

The built in NamingConvention.camelCase is a pretty simplistic implementation of camel casing so you can also write your own naming conventions like this:

var namingConv = new breeze.NamingConvention({
    serverPropertyNameToClient: function (serverPropertyName, prop) {
        if (prop && prop.isDataProperty && prop.dataType === DataType.Boolean) {
            return "is" + serverPropertyName;
        } else {
            return serverPropertyName.substr(0, 1).toLowerCase() + serverPropertyName.substr(1);
        }
    },
    clientPropertyNameToServer: function (clientPropertyName, prop) {
        if (prop && prop.isDataProperty && prop.dataType === DataType.Boolean) {
            return clientPropertyName.substr(2);
        } else {
            return clientPropertyName.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + clientPropertyName.substr(1);
        }
    }            
});
namingConv.setAsDefault();