See: https://gist.github.com/ericelliott/f3c2a53a1d4100539f71

Advantages

See: https://medium.com/javascript-scene/you-might-not-need-typescript-or-static-types-aa7cb670a77b

• autocomplete and type inference with most IDEs
• doesn't require passing Log objects for every call (although it's encouraged)
• other non-required parameters (such as query) can be omitted
• much easier to add/modify parameter list without making breaking changes (huge for project scalability)

Considerations

• major breaking change
• need to assert parameters/options exist and follow correct format (should do this anyway)

Examples

Ex1:

• current:

function _list(model, query, Log)

• proposed:

function _list({ model: {}, query: {}, Log: RestHapi.getLogger('list') })

• usage:

let results = await RestHapi.list({ model: mongoose.model('user') })

Ex2:

• current:

function _addOne(ownerModel, ownerId, childModel, childId, associationName, payload, Log)

• proposed:

function _addOne({
ownerModel: {}, 
ownerId: '', 
childModel: {}, 
childId: '', 
associationName: '', 
payload: {}, 
Log: RestHapi.getLogger('addOne')

Ex3:

• current:

query = await model.routeOptions.list.pre(query, request, Log)

• proposed:

query = await model.routeOptions.list.pre({ query, request, Log })

This means middleware functions could be defined like so:

    routeOptions: {
      list: {
        pre: function (params) {
          let { query, request, Log } = params
          /* do work */
          return query
        }
      }
    },