so long, mongo, and thanks for all the fish 🫡

model_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package orm
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo/options"
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ func TestModel_PopulateMulti(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, s := range final {
 		assert.NotZero(t, s.Chapters[0].Bands[0].Name)
 	}
+	bytes, _ := json.MarshalIndent(final, "", "\t")
+	fmt.Println(string(bytes))
 }
 
 func TestModel_PopulateChained_Multi(t *testing.T) {

registry.go

@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ func innerWatch(coll *mongo.Collection) {
 			}}, options.UpdateOne().SetUpsert(true))
 		}
 
-		fmt.Printf("%v\n", data)
 	}
 }
 

testing.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type user struct {
 	ID       int64 `bson:"_id" json:"_id"`
 	Document `bson:",inline" json:",inline" coll:"users"`
 	Username string `bson:"username" json:"username"`
+	Favs     []user `bson:"favs" json:"favs" ref:"user"`
 }
 type story struct {
 	ID        int64 `bson:"_id" json:"_id"`
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ func (s *user) SetId(id any) {
 
 var author = user{
 	Username: "tablet.exe",
+	Favs: []user{
+		{
+			Username: "DarQuiel7",
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 func genChaps(single bool) []chapter {

util.go

@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ func incrementInterface(t interface{}) interface{} {
 	return t
 }
 
+func isValidId(t interface{}) bool {
+	switch t.(type) {
+	case uint, uint32, uint64, int, int32, int64, string, bson.ObjectID:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func isObject(t interface{}) bool {
 	switch t.(type) {
 	case bson.M, bson.D:
@@ -172,6 +181,49 @@ func isObject(t interface{}) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 }
+
+func traverseFields(f string, val interface{}) (ret interface{}, remaining string) {
+	split := strings.Split(f, ".")
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(val)
+	for {
+		if rv.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+			rv = rv.Elem()
+		} else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	{
+		asAny := make([]any, 0)
+		for _, s := range split {
+			asAny = append(asAny, s)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(asAny...)
+	}
+	if rv.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+		ret = rv.Interface()
+		remaining = strings.Join(split[1:], ".")
+		fmt.Println("returning?")
+		return
+	}
+	structField := rv.FieldByName(split[0])
+	if structField.IsValid() {
+		fmt.Println(structField.Interface())
+		if len(split) > 1 {
+			if structField.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+				ret = structField
+				remaining = strings.Join(split[1:], ".")
+				return
+			}
+			ret, remaining = traverseFields(strings.Join(split[1:], "."), structField.Interface())
+			fmt.Printf("remaining = %s\n", remaining)
+		} else {
+			ret = structField.Interface()
+			remaining = ""
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func pull(s reflect.Value, idx int, typ reflect.Type) reflect.Value {
 	retI := reflect.New(reflect.SliceOf(typ))
 	for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {