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Eran Betzalel
Eran Betzalel

Reputation: 4203

What is the difference between "describe" and "schema.define"?

As I've progressed thru the world of CompoundJS I've came across two ways of defining a schema:

First:

var Product = describe('Product', function () {
  property('upc', String);
  property('name', String);
  set('restPath', pathTo.products);
});

Second:

var Schema = require('jugglingdb').Schema;
var schema = new Schema('memory');

var Product = schema.define('Product', {
  upc: { type: Number, index: true },
  name: { type: String, limit: 150, index: true },
  createdAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
  modifiedAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
}, {
  restPath: pathTo.products
});

The first, works, but looks like an old design. The second, does not work, but this is the way to do it according to JugglingDB docs.

Which one should I use? Why wouldn't the second one work for me?

UPDATE: This is the error I get when I use the second one:

Express
500 TypeError: Cannot call method 'all' of undefined in products controller during "index" action

at Object.index (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\app\controllers\products.js:47:13)
at Array.2 (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\flow-control.js:150:28)
at ActionContext.run [as innerNext] (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\flow-control.js:103:31)
at Controller.BaseController.next (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\base.js:107:22)
at Controller.protectFromForgery (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\helpers.js:76:21)
at Object.protectFromForgeryHook (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\app\controllers\application.js:3:13)
at Array.1 (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\flow-control.js:150:28)
at run (C:\Users\Eran\Documents\Relay Foods\nutrition-facts-editor\node_modules\compound\node_modules\kontroller\lib\flow-control.js:103:31)
... snip ...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 581

Answers (1)

Eran Betzalel
Eran Betzalel

Reputation: 4203

I think that describe and define are the same. The issue here is the usage scope which is global in my first implementation and local in the second one. So I'll need it to be global in order to work with the rest of the application.

Upvotes: 1

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