mongoose-uuid | uuid type for mongoose | Identity Management library

When using the library mongoose-uuid, I am able to setup UUID types for my schemas, so when I read the data it is in string (utf-8) format and when I save the data it is in UUID ObjectID BSON type 4 format. This works great with top level or flat direct values and ref definitions in my schema. However, when I have a UUID's in an array of ref's in a schema, the array saves to the database correctly, However when it is presented it is in its raw type. Based on the example below you can see scope_id is presented in the right format but the entitlements are not.

Here are the versions I am using: mongoose-uuid - 2.3.0 mongoose - 5.5.11

I have tried modifying the library (mongoose-uuid) by changing the getter and converting the value, however, when I do so, it works when presenting but fails when it saves to the database. This is most likely due to the fact that the value is converted or casted before saving to the database.

Here is an example schema

I currently use MongooseJS to change "_id" for each of my collections to a BSON UUID. On top of this I use a virtual to "id" to convert "_id" to its string equivalent. It works pretty good and gives me the benefit of using a UUID for the "_id" and not store it as a string which wastes disk resources.

Here is a snippet of code to show how this is done

I was trying to define a default UUID in mongoose / Node.js / Express for my _id field in my Schema Model...

To get better storage and to use UUID's as the primary key, I customize the default functionality for _id to store as a UUID as a binary bson type 4. I then setup a virtual for id to return the value of _id.

Here is an example schema using ES6 as described: