Account.js

Sample Mongoose Object

var mongoose = require('mongoose');

function Account() {
    this.isValid = false;
    this.fields = {};

    var AccountData = new mongoose.Schema({
        createdOn:{type:Date, required:true},
        email:{type:String},
        phone:{type:String},
        firstName:{type:String},
        lastName:{type:String},
    });
    mongoose.model('Account', AccountData);
};

Account.prototype.toSessionStore = function() {
    var serialized = {};
    for (var i in this) {
        if (typeof i !== 'function' || typeof i !== 'object') {
            serialized[i] = this[i];
        }
    }

    return JSON.stringify(serialized);
};

Account.fromSessionStore = function(sessionStore) {
    var sessionObject = JSON.parse(sessionStore);
    var account = new Account();
    for (var i in sessionObject) {
        if (sessionObject.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
            account[i] = sessionObject[i];
        }
    }

    return account;
};

Account.login = function(email, password, onReady) {
    var account = new Account();

    var accountModel = mongoose.model('Account');
    accountModel.findOne({email:email}, function(err, accountData) {
        if (err) {
            console.log('Unable to log in to account because: ' + err.message);
            onReady('Unknown error', null);
        } else {
            if (!accountData) {
                onReady('Account not found.', null);
            } else {
                if (Account.hashPassword(password) === accountData.passwordHash) {
                    account.fields = accountData;
                    account.isValid = true;
                    onReady(null, account);
                } else {
                    onReady('Invalid password.', null);
                }
            }
        }
    });
};