Virtuals + Schemaless = undefined

[Hermann Schliederwirte]

I noticed that if I have the schema defined as Mixed {}, that virtuals won't work.

Schema

var ArtistSchema = mongoose.Schema({
       componists: {}
});

Object in MongoDB

{ 
   _id:1928319237192387, 
   componists: 
     { 
        name: 'George Enescu' 
     } 
}

Mongoose Query

var find = function(req, res, next) {

 return IP.findById(req.params.id, function(err, artist) {

 if(!artist) {
     res.status(404).send({
        status: 'Not Found'
     });
  } else if (!err) {
     console.log(JSON.stringify(artist.componists.name));
  }
}

Output:

undefined




Expected Output:

George Enescu




However logging artist.componists works, giving back {name:'George Enescu'}

[Valeri Karpov]

How are you defining your virtual? I don't see any virtuals here...

[Hermann Schliederwirte]

ArtistSchema.virtual('componists.familyName').get(function() {

    return this.componists.split(' ')[1];
}

[Valeri Karpov]

I'd recommend not using `.` in virtual names, there isn't much point, you'd have to access it with artist['componists.familyName'] because virtuals don't handle dots. Also, how are you using this virtual? Your original example doesn't use the virtual at all.