Testing using Q with the built in Mongo promises.

mongo-promises.js

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Entity   = require('./server/models/entity')
var Q        = require('q');



var db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/lp-test');

test1();

function test1() {

  var newEntity = {
    name: 'something',
    type: 'something else'
  }

  var parent;

  

  var p = Q.when(Entity.create(newEntity));

  p.then(function (entity) {
    parent = entity;
    return entity
  })
  .then(function(ent){
    return createEntityToEntity(ent);
  })
  .then(function (rval) {
    console.log('rval', rval);
    console.log('parent', parent)
  })
  .fin(function () {
    // close files, database connections, stop servers, conclude tests
    db.connection.close();
  })
  .done();

  // var promise = entity.exec();
}

function createEntityToEntity(entity) {

  console.log('in create')

  // var d = Q.defer();

  var newEntity = {
    name: 'another new',
    type: 'way new'
  }

  var p = Q.when(Entity.create(newEntity));
  // var p = Entity.create(newEntity);

  return p.then(function(newguy) {
    console.log('newguyhere', newguy);

    return [
      updater(entity, newguy),
      updater(entity, {_id: 1}),
    ];
    // d.resolve();
  })
  .spread(function (ent1, ent2) {
    console.log('spread', ent1, ent2)
  });
  // .then(d.resolve)
  // .done();

  // return d.promise;
}

function updater(entity, newnewEnt) {
  console.log('in updater', entity)

  var p = entity.update({$push: {childs: newnewEnt._id}}, {upset: true}).exec(); 

  return p;
}