Hapi server methods vs server.app.doSomething - hapi.js

Question

I am writing a hapi js plugin, and was wondering what's the difference between the two ways of exposing methods that other plugins can use.
Method 1:
server.method("doSomething",
function () {
// Something
});
Method 2:
server.app.doSomething = function () {
// Something
};
In the first approach, the function can later be called as server.doSomething(), while using the second approach as server.app.doSomething().
So why would I use one way instead of another?

Answer 1

Looking at the API docs it sounds like they intended server.methods to be used for functions and server.app to be used for app settings/configuration. My guess is you should stick with server.method if you want to expose server level methods to be used in your plugins.
server.methods
An object providing access to the server methods where each server
method name is an object property.
var Hapi = require('hapi');
var server = new Hapi.Server();
server.method('add', function (a, b, next) {
return next(null, a + b);
});
server.methods.add(1, 2, function (err, result) {
// result === 3
});
server.app
Provides a safe place to store server-specific run-time application
data without potential conflicts with the framework internals. The
data can be accessed whenever the server is accessible. Initialized
with an empty object.
var Hapi = require('hapi');
server = new Hapi.Server();
server.app.key = 'value';
var handler = function (request, reply) {
return reply(request.server.app.key);
};