Added touch method to the plugin

Author: lethalbrains

README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ mongoose.plugin(timestamps,  {
 });
 ```
 
+Any model's updatedAt attribute can be updated to the current time using `touch()`.
+
 ## License 
 
 (The MIT License)

index.js

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ function timestampsPlugin(schema, options) {
       next();
     });
   }
+
+  if(!schema.methods.hasOwnProperty('touch'))
+    schema.methods.touch = function(callback){
+      this[updatedAt] = new Date;
+      this.save(callback)
+    }
+
 }
 
 module.exports = timestampsPlugin;

test/touch_test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+
+/**
+ * @list dependencies
+ **/
+
+var mocha = require('mocha');
+var should = require('should');
+var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+var timestamps = require('../');
+
+mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/mongoose_timestamps')
+mongoose.connection.on('error', function (err) {
+  console.error('MongoDB error: ' + err.message);
+  console.error('Make sure a mongoDB server is running and accessible by this application')
+});
+
+var UserSchema = new Schema({
+  email: String
+})
+
+UserSchema.plugin(timestamps)
+var User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema)
+
+describe('User Schema', function(){
+  it('should have the method touch', function(){
+    UserSchema.methods.hasOwnProperty('touch').should.equal(true)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('timestamp',function(){
+  it('should be updated on calling the method touch', function(done){
+    var user = new User({email: "tyrion.lannister@westeros.com"})
+    var past = undefined
+    user.save(function (err) {
+      past = user.updatedAt
+    });
+    setTimeout(function(){
+      user.touch(function(){
+        user.updatedAt.should.above(past)
+        done()
+      }) 
+    },1500)
+  })
+})
+
+