Function _checkContext

lib/model.js:1061–1073

* Make sure `this` is a model * @api private

(ctx, fnName)

 */

function _checkContext(ctx, fnName) {
  // Check context, because it is easy to mistakenly type
  // `new Model.discriminator()` and get an incomprehensible error
  if (ctx == null || ctx === global) {
    throw new MongooseError('`Model.' + fnName + '()` cannot run without a ' +
      'model as `this`. Make sure you are calling `MyModel.' + fnName + '()` ' +
      'where `MyModel` is a Mongoose model.');
  } else if (ctx[modelSymbol] == null) {
    throw new MongooseError('`Model.' + fnName + '()` cannot run without a ' +
      'model as `this`. Make sure you are not calling ' +
      '`new Model.' + fnName + '()`');
  }
}

// Model (class) features