Add a store so we can start using ES6 modules for models, finally.

app/assets/javascripts/admin/routes/admin-plugins.js.es6

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export default Ember.Route.extend({
   model() {
-    return Discourse.ajax("/admin/plugins.json").then(res => res.plugins);
+    return this.store.findAll('plugin');
   },
 
   actions: {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/adapters/rest.js.es6

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const ADMIN_MODELS = ['plugin'];
+
+function plural(type) {
+  return type + 's';
+}
+
+function pathFor(type) {
+  const path = "/" + plural(type);
+
+  if (ADMIN_MODELS.indexOf(type) !== -1) {
+    return "/admin/" + path;
+  }
+
+  return path;
+}
+
+const _identityMap = {};
+
+export default Ember.Object.extend({
+  findAll(type) {
+    var self = this;
+    return Discourse.ajax(pathFor(type)).then(function(result) {
+      return result[plural(type)].map(obj => self._hydrate(type, obj));
+    });
+  },
+
+  _hydrate(type, obj) {
+    if (!obj) { throw "Can't hydrate " + type + " of `null`"; }
+    if (!obj.id) { throw "Can't hydrate " + type + " without an `id`"; }
+
+    _identityMap[type] = _identityMap[type] || {};
+
+    const existing = _identityMap[type][obj.id];
+    if (existing) {
+      delete obj.id;
+      existing.setProperties(obj);
+      return existing;
+    }
+
+    const klass = this.container.lookupFactory('model:' + type) || Ember.Object;
+    const model = klass.create(obj);
+    _identityMap[type][obj.id] = model;
+    return model;
+  }
+
+});

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/ember/resolver.js.es6

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function loadingResolver(cb) {
 function parseName(fullName) {
   /*jshint validthis:true */
 
-  var nameParts = fullName.split(":"),
+  const nameParts = fullName.split(":"),
       type = nameParts[0], fullNameWithoutType = nameParts[1],
       name = fullNameWithoutType,
       namespace = get(this, 'namespace'),
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ export default Ember.DefaultResolver.extend({
     return module;
   },
 
+  resolveAdapter(parsedName) {
+    return this.customResolve(parsedName) || this._super(parsedName);
+  },
+
   resolveView(parsedName) {
     return this.findLoadingView(parsedName) || this.customResolve(parsedName) || this._super(parsedName);
   },

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/initializers/inject-objects.js.es6

@@ -1,48 +1,53 @@
 import Session from 'discourse/models/session';
 import AppEvents from 'discourse/lib/app-events';
+import Store from 'discourse/models/store';
 
 export default {
   name: "inject-objects",
-  initialize: function(container, application) {
+  initialize(container, app) {
 
     // Inject appEvents everywhere
-    var appEvents = AppEvents.create();
-    application.register('app-events:main', appEvents, { instantiate: false });
+    const appEvents = AppEvents.create();
+    app.register('app-events:main', appEvents, { instantiate: false });
 
-    application.inject('controller', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
-    application.inject('component', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
-    application.inject('route', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
-    application.inject('view', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
-    application.inject('model', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
+    app.inject('controller', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
+    app.inject('component', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
+    app.inject('route', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
+    app.inject('view', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
+    app.inject('model', 'appEvents', 'app-events:main');
     Discourse.URL.appEvents = appEvents;
 
     // Inject Discourse.Site to avoid using Discourse.Site.current()
-    var site = Discourse.Site.current();
-    application.register('site:main', site, { instantiate: false });
-    application.inject('controller', 'site', 'site:main');
-    application.inject('component', 'site', 'site:main');
-    application.inject('route', 'site', 'site:main');
-    application.inject('view', 'site', 'site:main');
-    application.inject('model', 'site', 'site:main');
+    const site = Discourse.Site.current();
+    app.register('site:main', site, { instantiate: false });
+    app.inject('controller', 'site', 'site:main');
+    app.inject('component', 'site', 'site:main');
+    app.inject('route', 'site', 'site:main');
+    app.inject('view', 'site', 'site:main');
+    app.inject('model', 'site', 'site:main');
 
     // Inject Discourse.SiteSettings to avoid using Discourse.SiteSettings globals
-    application.register('site-settings:main', Discourse.SiteSettings, { instantiate: false });
-    application.inject('controller', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
-    application.inject('component', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
-    application.inject('route', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
-    application.inject('view', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
-    application.inject('model', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
+    app.register('site-settings:main', Discourse.SiteSettings, { instantiate: false });
+    app.inject('controller', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
+    app.inject('component', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
+    app.inject('route', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
+    app.inject('view', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
+    app.inject('model', 'siteSettings', 'site-settings:main');
 
     // Inject Session for transient data
-    application.register('session:main', Session.current(), { instantiate: false });
-    application.inject('controller', 'session', 'session:main');
-    application.inject('component', 'session', 'session:main');
-    application.inject('route', 'session', 'session:main');
-    application.inject('view', 'session', 'session:main');
-    application.inject('model', 'session', 'session:main');
+    app.register('session:main', Session.current(), { instantiate: false });
+    app.inject('controller', 'session', 'session:main');
+    app.inject('component', 'session', 'session:main');
+    app.inject('route', 'session', 'session:main');
+    app.inject('view', 'session', 'session:main');
+    app.inject('model', 'session', 'session:main');
 
     // Inject currentUser. Components only for now to prevent any breakage
-    application.register('current-user:main', Discourse.User.current(), { instantiate: false });
-    application.inject('component', 'currentUser', 'current-user:main');
+    app.register('current-user:main', Discourse.User.current(), { instantiate: false });
+    app.inject('component', 'currentUser', 'current-user:main');
+
+    app.register('store:main', Store);
+    app.inject('route', 'store', 'store:main');
+    app.inject('controller', 'store', 'store:main');
   }
 };

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/store.js.es6

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default Ember.Object.extend({
+  findAll(type) {
+    const adapter = this.container.lookup('adapter:' + type) || this.container.lookup('adapter:rest');
+    return adapter.findAll(type);
+  }
+});

app/assets/javascripts/main_include.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 //= require ./discourse/lib/autocomplete
 //= require ./discourse/lib/after-transition
 //= require ./discourse/lib/debounce
+//= require_tree ./discourse/adapters
 //= require ./discourse/models/model
 //= require ./discourse/models/user_action
 //= require ./discourse/models/composer

app/serializers/admin_plugin_serializer.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 class AdminPluginSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
-  attributes :name,
+  attributes :id,
+             :name,
              :version,
              :url,
              :admin_route
 
+  def id
+    object.metadata.name
+  end
+
   def name
     object.metadata.name
   end