Gossips

model.scala

package model

import com.novus.salat.global._
import com.novus.salat.annotations._
import com.novus.salat.dao.SalatDAO

case class Gossip(@Key("_id") id: org.bson.types.ObjectId,
                  title: String,
                  link: String = "",
                  description: String,
                  permalink: String,
                  image: String,
                  date: String)
object GossipDAO extends SalatDAO[Gossip, ObjectId](collection = MongoConnection()("salat_db")("gossip_items"))

salat-core-console.scala

scala> import com.novus.salat._ 
import com.novus.salat._

scala> import com.novus.salat.global._
import com.novus.salat.global._

scala> import model.{ Gossip, GossipDAO }
import model.{Gossip, GossipDAO}

scala> import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat
import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat

scala> import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._
import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._

scala> com.mongodb.casbah.commons.conversions.scala.RegisterConversionHelpers()

scala> com.mongodb.casbah.commons.conversions.scala.RegisterJodaTimeConversionHelpers()

scala> GossipDAO.description
res2: String = SalatDAO[Gossip,ObjectId](gossip_items)

scala> GossipDAO.collection.count
res3: Long = 0

scala> val _id = new org.bson.types.ObjectId("4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c")
_id: org.bson.types.ObjectId = 4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c

scala> val dbo = MongoDBObject("_id" -> _id, "category" -> "", "title" -> "sample title", "permalink" -> "http->//", "description" -> "Sample Description", "image" -> "http->//", "modificationDate" -> ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime.parseDateTime("2012-04-06T19:58:28.448Z"), "date" -> "Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18->02->00 GMT") 
dbo: com.mongodb.DBObject = { "_id" : { "$oid" : "4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c"} , "category" : "" , "title" : "sample title" , "permalink" : "http->//" , "description" : "Sample Description" , "image" : "http->//" , "modificationDate" : { "$date" : "2012-04-06T19:58:28.448Z"} , "date" : "Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18->02->00 GMT"}

scala> val g = grater[Gossip].asObject(dbo)
g: model.Gossip = Gossip(4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c,sample title,,Sample Description,http->//,http->//,Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18->02->00 GMT)

scala> GossipDAO.collection.insert(dbo)
res4: com.mongodb.WriteResult = N/A

scala> GossipDAO.collection.count          
res5: Long = 1

scala> GossipDAO.findOne(MongoDBObject("_id" -> _id))
res6: Option[model.Gossip] = Some(Gossip(4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c,sample title,,Sample Description,http->//,http->//,Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18->02->00 GMT))

scala> val startDate = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime.parseDateTime("2012-04-01T19:58:28.448Z")
startDate: org.joda.time.DateTime = 2012-04-01T15:58:28.448-04:00

scala> val gossips = GossipDAO.find(ref = MongoDBObject("modificationDate" -> MongoDBObject("$gte" -> startDate))).toList
gossips: List[com.novus.salat.test.dao.Gossip] = List(Gossip(4f7f4ae4251735803a942b2c,sample title,,Sample Description,http->//,http->//,Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18->02->00 GMT))