Mongo samples - scala

mongo.scala

val mongoConn = MongoConnection("camellia")
val people = mongoConn("people")

val fred = MongoDBObject("firstName" -> "Fred",
   "lastName" -> "Bloggs",
   "ssid" -> 8675309)
people += fred

val possiblyFred = people.findOne("firstName" -> "Fred",
   "lastName" -> "Bloggs")
// possiblyFred: Option[MongDBObject]

val foundFred = possiblyFred.getOrElse(
    throw new Exception("Can't find fred!"))

val fredSsid = foundFred.getAs[Integer]("ssid").getOrElse(
    throw new Exception("Fred has no SSID!"))