Is there a way to handle inheritance using SimpleSchema?

Question

I have a basic collection called Tasks. I want to create a new Collection called DailyTasks, where a DailyTask extends a Task, and also has a list of Dates on which the DailyTask was completed.

I want Tasks.findAll() to return Tasks and DailyTasks.

I would be willing to have three classes: BaseTask, OneTimeTask (which has a single dateCompleted field) and DailyTask (which has a list of datesCompleted). I would need to know how to configure my schema accordingly.

How can I do this?

This seems relevant: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3040584/inheritance-in-document-database — Laran Evans, Feb 25 '15 at 09:45
SimpleSchema refers to this as SubSchema's: https://github.com/aldeed/meteor-simple-schema#combining-simpleschemas — Ian Jones, Feb 25 '15 at 09:47

elhoucine · Answer 1 · 2016-01-20T18:20:24.577

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You can pass multiple schemas to the SimpleSchema constructor, and they will be combined. Like so:

Tasks = new SimpleSchema({ ... });

DailyTasks = new SimpleSchema([Tasks, {
  additionalField: {
    type: String
  }
}]);

edited Jan 20 '16 at 18:20

answered Jan 20 '16 at 18:07

elhoucine

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Is there a way to handle inheritance using SimpleSchema?

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