models: include model's `description`

lib/model-helper.js

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ var modelHelper = module.exports = {
 
     out[name] = {
       id: name,
+      description: typeConverter.convertText(def.description),
       properties: properties,
       required: required
     };

test/model-helper.test.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var modelHelper = require('../lib/model-helper');
-var _assign = require('lodash.assign');
+var _defaults = require('lodash.defaults');
 var loopback = require('loopback');
 var expect = require('chai').expect;
 
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ describe('model-helper', function() {
       var nameProp = def.properties.name;
       expect(nameProp).to.have.property('description', 'a-description');
     });
+
+    it('converts model field `description`', function() {
+      var def = buildSwaggerModels({}, { description: 'a-description' });
+      expect(def).to.have.property('description', 'a-description');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('related models', function() {
@@ -212,23 +217,27 @@ describe('model-helper', function() {
 });
 
 // Simulates the format of a remoting class.
-function buildSwaggerModels(model) {
+function buildSwaggerModels(modelProperties, modelOptions) {
-  var aClass = createModelCtor(model);
+  var aClass = createModelCtor(modelProperties, modelOptions);
   return modelHelper.generateModelDefinition(aClass.ctor, {}).testModel;
 }
 
-function createModelCtor(properties) {
+function createModelCtor(properties, modelOptions) {
   Object.keys(properties).forEach(function(name) {
     var type = properties[name];
     if (typeof type !== 'object' || Array.isArray(type))
       properties[name] = { type: type };
   });
-  var aClass = {
+
-    ctor: {
+  var definition = {
-      definition: {
     name: 'testModel',
     properties: properties
-      }
+  };
+  _defaults(definition, modelOptions);
+
+  var aClass = {
+    ctor: {
+      definition: definition
     }
   };
   return aClass;