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StoreModel wraps JSON-backed database columns with ActiveModel-like classes, providing type safety, validations, and clean separation of concerns. Define attributes with types and validations, then assign instances to your model's JSON columns to get validation errors and nested attribute support automatically.

Yes. StoreModel supports nested models, arrays of models, and composed structures within JSON columns. Define child models with their own validations and attributes, then compose them in parent models using to_type and to_array_type patterns for full nested validation and error merging.

StoreModel merges validation errors from nested models into the parent model's error set. When validations fail on child attributes, errors surface at the parent level, allowing you to display and handle them as a unified validation result.

Store JSON in jsonb or json columns depending on your database. JSONB supports indexing and queries; json stores raw text. Consider migration strategy, index requirements for filtering on nested attributes, and how StoreModel's patterns interact with your schema design.

Familiarity with ActiveModel validations and attribute definitions helps, but StoreModel mimics ActiveModel's API closely. If you know Rails models and validations, the JSON wrapper syntax follows the same patterns with minimal learning curve.

StoreModel provides unknown-attribute handling to control whether extra JSON keys are allowed, rejected, or logged. Configure this behavior per model to enforce strict schemas or permit flexible JSON payloads alongside your defined typed attributes.