console.scala

scala> import net.liftweb.mongodb._                                                  
import net.liftweb.mongodb._

scala> import org.bson.types.ObjectId                                                
import org.bson.types.ObjectId

scala> MongoDB.defineDb(HFDB, MongoAddress(MongoHost("localhost", 27017), "hotflow"))

scala> import models._                                                               
import models._

scala> val p = Person(ObjectId.get.toString,"aPerson")                               
p: models.Person = Person(4c824bc551872203d059d59b,aPerson)

scala> p.save

scala> val pFromDb = Person.find(p._id)                                              
pFromDb: Option[models.Person] = Some(Person(4c824bc551872203d059d59b,aPerson))

scala> import net.liftweb.json.JsonDSL._

scala> val pFromDb = Person.findAll(("name"->"aPerson"))
pFromDb: List[models.Person] = List(Person(4c824b9151872203cf59d59b,aPerson), Person(4c824bc551872203d059d59b,aPerson))

scala> val pFromDb = Person.findAll(("name"->"aPerson"),Skip(1),Limit(1))
pFromDb: List[models.Person] = List(Person(4c824bc551872203d059d59b,aPerson))

scala> import com.mongodb._

scala> val q = new BasicDBObject
q: com.mongodb.BasicDBObject = { }

scala> q.put("name","a")
res5: java.lang.Object = null

scala> Person.findAll(q)
res6: List[models.person.Person] = List(Person(4c824a0151872203cd59d59b,a))

models.scala

package models

import net.liftweb.mongodb._

object HFDB extends MongoIdentifier {
    val jndiName = "hotflow"
}

case class Person(_id: String,name:String) extends MongoDocument[Person] {
    def meta=Person
}

object Person extends MongoDocumentMeta[Person] {
    override def mongoIdentifier = HFDB
    override def collectionName = "posts"
}