Should I Use Schema.Types.ObjectId or Schema.ObjectId When Defining a Mongoose Schema

Question

It seems like defining my Schema this way:

var PossessionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  thing: {type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref:\"Thing\"}
});
         


        

Answer 1

There isn't much of a difference, but they are available for separate uses.

Schemas should always use mongoose.Schema.Types.

mongoose.Types are the object you work with within a mongoose document. These are special array subclasses, buffer subclasses, etc that we've hooked into or created special to ease updates and track changes.

Source: https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/1671