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+import { HydratedDocument, InferSchemaType, Model, Schema, model, models } from "mongoose";
+
+// Fill enums with more items when more info is provided
+export const categoryValues = ["consumable"] as const;
+export const notificationEventValues = ["LOW_STOCK"] as const;
+export const notificationAudienceValues = ["LAB_ADMINS"] as const;
+
+const transformDocument = (_: unknown, ret: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    ret.id = ret._id?.toString();
+    delete ret._id;
+    return ret;
+};
+
+// Making many assumptions how Item Schemas should work since only one example is provided
+const thresholdSchema = new Schema(
+    {
+        minQuantity: { type: Number, required: true, min: 0},
+        enabled: { type: Boolean, required: true, default: true},
+        lastAlertSentAt: { type: Date, required: true},
+    }
+)
+
+const notificationSchema = new Schema(
+    {
+        event: { type: String, enum: notificationEventValues, required: true},
+        audience: { type: String, enum: notificationAudienceValues, required: true},
+    }
+)
+
+const itemSchema = new Schema(
+    {
+        labId: { type: String, required: true, index: true},
+        name: { type: String, required: true, trim: true},
+        category: { type: String, enum: categoryValues, required: true},
+        quantity: { type: Number, required: true, min: 0},
+
+        threshold: { type: thresholdSchema, required: true},
+        notificationPolicy: { type: notificationSchema, required: true},
+    },
+    {
+        timestamps: true,
+        toJSON: { virtuals: true, versionKey: false, transform: transformDocument },
+        toObject: { virtuals: true, versionKey: false, transform: transformDocument },
+    }
+)
+
+export type ItemInput = InferSchemaType<typeof itemSchema>;
+export type ItemCategory = (typeof categoryValues)[number];
+export type NotificationEvent = (typeof notificationEventValues)[number];
+export type NotificationAudience = (typeof notificationAudienceValues)[number];
+export type Item = ItemInput & { id: string };
+export type ItemDocument = HydratedDocument<ItemInput>;
+
+const ItemModel: Model<ItemInput> =
+    (models.Item as Model<ItemInput>) || model<ItemInput>("Item", itemSchema);
+
+export default ItemModel;
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