MEAN.js 0.4.2 - Mongoose.js Discriminator Schemas

article.server.model.js

'use strict';

/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
  Schema = mongoose.Schema;

/**
* Article Schema
*/

// options creates the keys for each schema 
var options = { discriminatorKey: 'kind' };

var ArticleSchema = new Schema({
  created: {
    type: Date,
    default: Date.now
  },
  title: {
    type: String,
    default: '',
    trim: true,
    required: 'Title cannot be blank'
  },
  content: {
    type: String,
    default: '',
    trim: true
  },
  user: {
    type: Schema.ObjectId,
    ref: 'User'
  }
}, options);

var Article = mongoose.model('Article', ArticleSchema);

// Special Article Schema
// USAGE: modules/articles/server/controllers/article.server.controller.js
// USAGE: In Dependencies: SpecialArticle = mongoose.model('SpecialArticle'),
var SpecialArticleSchema =  new Schema({
    specialreason: {
      type: String,
      default: 'Its SPECIAL!'
    }
  },
  options);
  
 var SpecialArticle =  Article.discriminator('SpecialArticle', SpecialArticleSchema);