How do I create an Asset account using polkadot JS with a reason other than Consumer?

Question

So there are 4 reasons listed on ExistenceReason for an Asset account namely:

1. Consumer,
2. Sufficient,
3. DepositHeld,
4. DepositRefunded

Usually minting an asset would use the Consumer reason. I'd like to create one using the DepositHeld reason, how can I achieve that using PolkadotJS? Also, bonus question, why is DepositRefunded a reason for asset account existence?

Answer 1

So there's a function called touch() in pallet assets which will allow you to reserve the deposit AssetAccountDeposit in the runtime config, with the reason of DepositHeld(..).

For sufficient reason, the asset must be created with is_sufficient = true. Currently, I did not find polkadot-js to support setting this parameter during asset minting.