Merge pull request #15169 from Automattic/vkarpov15/gh-15164

fix(model): make Model.validate() static correctly cast document arrays

lib/model.js

@@ -3702,8 +3702,9 @@ Model.castObject = function castObject(obj, options) {
             Model.castObject.call(schemaType.caster, val)
           ];
         }
+
+        continue;
       }
-      continue;
     }
     if (schemaType.$isSingleNested || schemaType.$isMongooseDocumentArrayElement) {
       try {

test/model.test.js

@@ -7796,6 +7796,29 @@ describe('Model', function() {
       const obj = { sampleArray: { name: 'Taco' } };
       assert.throws(() => Test.castObject(obj), /Tried to set nested object field `sampleArray` to primitive value/);
     });
+    it('handles document arrays (gh-15164)', function() {
+      const barSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+        foo: {
+          type: mongoose.Schema.Types.String,
+          required: true
+        }
+      }, { _id: false });
+
+      const fooSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+        bars: {
+          type: [barSchema],
+          required: true
+        }
+      });
+
+      const Test = db.model('Test', fooSchema);
+
+      let obj = Test.castObject({ bars: [] });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(obj.bars, []);
+
+      obj = Test.castObject({ bars: [{ foo: 'bar' }] });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(obj.bars, [{ foo: 'bar' }]);
+    });
   });
 
   it('works if passing class that extends Document to `loadClass()` (gh-12254)', async function() {