Imagine the following model:
var Office =
{
id: 1,
name: "My Office",
branches:
[
{
adddress: "Some street, that avenue",
isPrincipal: true,
},
{
adddress: "Another address",
isPrincipal: false,
},
]
}
I'd like to remove a branch, but we can't let the user remove the principal branch from an office. So here's my function:
remove: function(body)
{
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
{
return Office.findByIdAndUpdate(1, { $pull: {'branches': {_id: body.branch.id}}}, { new: true })
.then(function(updatedOffice){
resolve(updatedOffice)
})
.catch(function(error){
reject(error);
});
})
}
I have some doubts here:
- As you can see I haven't included the another WHERE on the isPrincipal property, this is because I don't know how can I determine whether the office object got actually changed. Because the object will alway be retrieved but... How can I know this for sure?
- Is FindByIdAndUpdate the best approach considering we can't let a user delete the principal branch, and if he's trying to do so, we have to show a warning.