class BookAuthor include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps field :name, type: String, localize: true field :email, type: String field :should_destroy, type: Boolean has_and_belongs_to_many :books has_and_belongs_to_many :book_author_types VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/ validates :email, format: { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX }, allow_blank: true end