some helpers

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/client/model.cpp b/client/model.cpp
index 397810557aa..f41a4376411 100644
--- a/client/model.cpp
+++ b/client/model.cpp
@@ -94,4 +94,16 @@ namespace mongo {
             throw UserException( 9003 , (string)"error on Model::save: " + errmsg );
     }
 
+    BSONObj Model::toObject(){
+        BSONObjBuilder b;
+        serialize( b );
+        return b.obj();
+    }
+
+    void Model::append( const char * name , BSONObjBuilder& b ){
+        BSONObjBuilder bb( b.subobjStart( name ) );
+        serialize( bb );
+        bb.done();
+    }
+
 } // namespace mongo
diff --git a/client/model.h b/client/model.h
index f3a63adaeef..907b2eaca4e 100644
--- a/client/model.h
+++ b/client/model.h
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ namespace mongo {
         virtual const char * getNS() = 0;
         virtual void serialize(BSONObjBuilder& to) = 0;
         virtual void unserialize(const BSONObj& from) = 0;
-
+        virtual BSONObj toObject();
+        virtual void append( const char * name , BSONObjBuilder& b );
+        
         virtual string modelServer() = 0;
         
         /** Load a single object.