SingleNestedPath()

Parameters

• schema «Schema»
• key «String»
• options «Object»

Inherits:

• «SchemaType»

SingleNestedPath.prototype.discriminator()

Parameters

• name «String»
• schema «Schema» fields to add to the schema for instances of this sub-class
• [value] «String» the string stored in the discriminatorKey property. If not specified, Mongoose uses the name parameter.

Returns:

• «Function» the constructor Mongoose will use for creating instances of this discriminator model

const shapeSchema = Schema({ name: String }, { discriminatorKey: 'kind' });
const schema = Schema({ shape: shapeSchema });

const singleNestedPath = parentSchema.path('shape');
singleNestedPath.discriminator('Circle', Schema({ radius: Number }));