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+function isObjectLiteral (element) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.call(element) === '[object Object]' ||
+    Object.prototype.toString.call(element) === '[object BSON]';
+}
+
+function isObjectLiteralOrArray (element) {
+  return Array.isArray(element) || isObjectLiteral(element);
+}
+
+function isArrayOfObjects (array) {
+  if (array.length === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+    let element = array[i];
+
+    if (!isObjectLiteral(element)) {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function checkTypesSetNames (element) {
+  if (typeof element == 'object') {
+    if (element === null) {
+      return { hackerColorName: 'null', displayName: 'unknown' }
+    } else if (element === undefined) {
+      return { hackerColorName: 'undefined', displayName: 'undefined' }
+    } else if (element instanceof ObjectId) {
+      return { hackerColorName: 'objectid', displayName: 'Object Id' }
+    } else if (element instanceof Date) {
+      return { hackerColorName: 'date', displayName: 'Date' }
+    } else if (Array.isArray(element)) {
+      return { hackerColorName: 'function', displayName: 'Array' }
+    } else {
+      if (isObjectLiteral(element)) {
+        return { hackerColorName: 'function', displayName: 'Object' }
+      }
+
+      return { hackerColorName: 'null', displayName: 'unknown' }
+    }
+  } else if (typeof element === 'boolean') {
+    return { hackerColorName: 'boolean', displayName: 'Boolean' }
+  } else if (typeof element === 'number') {
+    return { hackerColorName: 'number', displayName: 'Number' }
+  } else if (typeof element === 'string') {
+    return { hackerColorName: 'string', displayName: 'String' }
+  } else {
+    return { hackerColorName: 'null', displayName: 'unknown' }
+  }
+}
+
+function printWithIndentation (prop, renderedType, hackerType, levelsDeep) {
+  const coloredProp = colorize(prop, mongo_hacker_config['colors']['key']);
+  const coloredType = ': ' +
+    colorize(
+      renderedType,
+      mongo_hacker_config['colors'][hackerType]
+    );
+
+  print('  '.repeat(levelsDeep) + coloredProp + coloredType );
+}
+
+/*
+ * Updates a specific value in an object given an array of keys
+ * representing the path to it.
+ *
+ * @param {object} obj - object to update.
+ * @param {string[]} breadcrumbs - array of strings representing keys.
+ * @param {any} newValue - new value to be set.
+ */
+function breadCrumbUpdate (obj, breadcrumbs, newValue) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < breadcrumbs.length; i++) {
+    let key = breadcrumbs[i];
+
+    if (i === breadcrumbs.length - 1) {
+      return obj[key] = newValue;
+    }
+
+    obj = obj[key];
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a specific value given an array of keys representing
+ * the path to it.
+ *
+ * @param {object} obj - object or document to get the value from.
+ * @param {string[]} breadcrumbs - array of strings representing keys.
+ * @return {any}
+ */
+function getValueByBreadCrumb (obj, breadcrumbs) {
+  return breadcrumbs.reduce(function (acc, key, index) {
+    return acc[key]
+  }, obj);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The purpose of this function is to build the most complete example
+ * of an object given an array of examples. Similar to Object.assign it keeps
+ * adding new fields but only overriding if it encounters falsy values
+ *
+ * For array of objects it will create just one representation of all
+ * elements in array.
+ *
+ * @param {objects[]} dataArray - Array of plain objects or mongo documents.
+ * @return {object}
+ */
+function buildModelDoc (dataArray) {
+  const finalObject = {};
+
+  function traverse (element, breadcrumbs) {
+    if (Array.isArray(element)) {
+      if (isArrayOfObjects(element)) {
+        const mergedObject = buildModelDoc(element);
+        breadCrumbUpdate(finalObject, breadcrumbs, [mergedObject]);
+      } else {
+        breadCrumbUpdate(finalObject, breadcrumbs, element)
+      }
+    } else {
+      Object.getOwnPropertyNames(element).forEach(function (key) {
+        const value = element[key];
+        const finalObjectAtLevel = getValueByBreadCrumb(finalObject, breadcrumbs);
+
+        if (finalObjectAtLevel[key]) {
+          if (
+            finalObjectAtLevel[key] === null ||
+            finalObjectAtLevel[key] === undefined
+          ) {
+            breadCrumbUpdate(finalObject, breadcrumbs.concat(key), value);
+          }
+        } else {
+          breadCrumbUpdate(finalObject, breadcrumbs.concat(key), value);
+        }
+
+        if (isObjectLiteralOrArray(value)) {
+          traverse(value, breadcrumbs.concat(key));
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  dataArray.forEach(function (doc) {
+    traverse(doc, []);
+  });
+
+  return finalObject;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Collections Descriptions
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Since the nature of mongodb is to have schemaless documents, the best we can
+// do is to infer the schema by taking a sample of the total documents in a given
+// collection. Sample size can be set and it defaults to 100 documents
+// or less if there are not as many.
+
+/*
+ * Prints infered schema from a sample of docuements in collection.
+ * Space indentation is used to show deeper levels.
+ *
+ * @param {number} maxSamples - number of random documents to infer schema
+ */
+DBCollection.prototype.describe = function (maxSamples) {
+  const sampleMaxSize = maxSamples || 100;
+  const totalDocs = this.count();
+
+  if (!totalDocs) {
+    return print('\nNo documents to infer schema');
+  }
+
+  const randomSampleDocs = this.aggregate([
+    {
+      $sample: { size: sampleMaxSize }
+    }
+  ]);
+
+  print(
+    colorize(
+      '\nInfered from ' +
+      randomSampleDocs._batch.length +
+      ' sample documents.',
+      mongo_hacker_config['colors']['string']
+    )
+  );
+
+  print(
+    colorize(
+      'Some fields may be missing...\n',
+      mongo_hacker_config['colors']['string']
+    )
+  );
+
+  const mergedSamples = buildModelDoc(randomSampleDocs);
+
+  function traverse (doc, levelsDeep) {
+    Object.getOwnPropertyNames(doc).forEach(function (prop) {
+      const value = doc[prop];
+      const type = checkTypesSetNames(value);
+
+      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+        if (isArrayOfObjects(value)) {
+          const mergedObjects = buildModelDoc(value);
+          const displayName = 'Array of Objects';
+          printWithIndentation(prop, displayName, 'function', levelsDeep);
+          traverse(mergedObjects, levelsDeep + 1);
+        } else {
+          const typesSet = new Set();
+
+          value.forEach(function (element) {
+            typesSet.add(checkTypesSetNames(element).displayName + 's');
+          });
+
+          const typesArray = Array.from(typesSet);
+          const displayName = 'Array' +
+            (typesArray.length ? ( ' of ' + typesArray.join('|') ) : '');
+
+          printWithIndentation(prop, displayName, 'function', levelsDeep);
+        }
+      } else {
+        printWithIndentation(prop, type.displayName, type.hackerColorName, levelsDeep);
+
+        if (type.displayName === 'Object') {
+          traverse(value, levelsDeep + 1);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  traverse(mergedSamples, 1);
+  print('\n');
+}
+