Raw object and array tranforms for Ember Data

transforms.js

/*
  DS.attr('object')
*/
App.ObjectTransform = DS.Transform.extend({
  deserialize: function(value) {
    if (!$.isPlainObject(value)) {
      return {};
    } else {
      return value;
    }
  },
  serialize: function(value) {
    if (!$.isPlainObject(value)) {
      return {};
    } else {
      return value;
    }
  }
});

/*
  DS.attr('array')
*/
App.ArrayTransform = DS.Transform.extend({
  deserialize: function(value) {
    if (Ember.isArray(value)) {
      return Em.A(value);
    } else {
      return Em.A();
    }
  },
  serialize: function(value) {
    if (Ember.isArray(value)) {
      return Em.A(value);
    } else {
      return Em.A();
    }
  }
});

For anyone who comes here and wants it for Ember-CLI, I ported it for you: https://gist.github.com/NuckChorris/927d7d4ba757abd26b30

Am I right in assuming this will fail to mark the model as dirty if the array gets updated?

@spectras you are correct.