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'use strict';
const CastError = require('../error/cast');
/*!
* Given a value, cast it to a string, or throw a `CastError` if the value
* cannot be casted. `null` and `undefined` are considered valid.
*
* @param {Any} value
* @param {String} [path] optional the path to set on the CastError
* @return {string|null|undefined}
* @throws {CastError}
* @api private
*/
module.exports = function castString(value, path) {
// If null or undefined
if (value == null) {
return value;
}
// handle documents being passed
if (value._id && typeof value._id === 'string') {
return value._id;
}
// Re: gh-647 and gh-3030, we're ok with casting using `toString()`
// **unless** its the default Object.toString, because "[object Object]"
// doesn't really qualify as useful data
if (value.toString &&
value.toString !== Object.prototype.toString &&
!Array.isArray(value)) {
return value.toString();
}
throw new CastError('string', value, path);
};