import { prop, getModelForClass } from '@typegoose/typegoose';
import * as mongoose from 'mongoose';

class User {
  @prop()
  public name?: string;

  @prop({ type: () => [String] })
  public jobs?: string[];
}

const UserModel = getModelForClass(User); // UserModel is a regular Mongoose Model with correct types

(async () => {
  await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true, dbName: "test" });

  const { _id: id } = await UserModel.create({ name: 'JohnDoe', jobs: ['Cleaner'] } as User); // an "as" assertion, to have types for all properties
  const user = await UserModel.findById(id).exec();

  console.log(user); // prints { _id: 59218f686409d670a97e53e0, name: 'JohnDoe', __v: 0 }
})();

interface Car {
  model?: string;
}

interface Job {
  title?: string;
  position?: string;
}

interface User {
  name?: string;
  age!: number;
  job?: Job;
  car?: Car | string;
  preferences?: string[];
}

const CarModel = mongoose.model('Car', {
  model: string,
});

const UserModel = mongoose.model('User', {
  name: String,
  age: { type: Number, required: true },
  job: {
    title: String;
    position: String;
  },
  car: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Car' },
  preferences: [{ type: String }]
});

class Job {
  @prop()
  public title?: string;

  @prop()
  public position?: string;
}

class Car {
  @prop()
  public model?: string;
}

class User {
  @prop()
  public name?: string;

  @prop({ required: true })
  public age!: number;

  @prop()
  public job?: Job;

  @prop({ ref: () => Car })
  public car?: Ref<Car>;

  @prop({ type: () => [String] })
  public preferences?: string[];
}