mchapman / mongoose-subkey

Mongoose plugin that which adds the concept of a key to sub schema arrays and validates that there is no duplication

Mongoose Subkey Plugin

Simple plugin for Mongoose which adds the concept of a key to sub schema arrays and validates that there is no duplication.

Installation

npm install mongoose-subkey

Usage

var subkey = require('mongoose-subkey');

var PhoneSchema = new Schema({
    type: {type:String, enum:['mobile','landline']},
    number: {type: String}
},{_id:false});

var PersonSchema = new Schema({
    name: String,
    phones: [PhoneSchema]
});

PersonSchema.plugin(subkey,{subschemas:[{list:'phones',keyList:['type']}]});

mongoose.model('Person', PersonSchema);
var Person = mongoose.model('Person', PersonSchema)

var personOne = new Person({name: 'John', phones:[{type:'mobile',number:'07876 123456'},{type:'mobile',number:'07876 999999'}]});
personOne.save(function (err) {
  if (err) {
     console.log('As expected, we get an error here, as two mobiles is excessive');
  } else {
     console.log("** Should have had an error here **");
  }
});

var personTwo = new Person({name: 'John', phones:[{type:'mobile',number:'07876 123456'},{type:'landline',number:'020 8888 7766'}]});
personTwo.save(function (err) {
  if (err) {
     console.log('** Unexpected error - it is OK to have a landline and a mobile');
  } 
});

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013 Mark Chapman

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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