Method: ActiveCouch::Base#initialize

Defined in:
lib/active_couch/base.rb

#initialize(params = {}) ⇒ Base

Returns a new instance of Base.



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# File 'lib/active_couch/base.rb', line 6

def initialize(params = {})
  # Object instance variable
  @attributes = {}; @associations = {}; @callbacks = Hash.new; @connection = self.class.connection
  klass_atts = self.class.attributes; klass_assocs = self.class.associations; klass_callbacks = self.class.callbacks
  # ActiveCouch::Connection object will be readable in every 
  # object instantiated from a subclass of ActiveCouch::Base
  SPECIAL_MEMBERS.each do |k|
    self.instance_eval "def #{k}; @#{k}; end"
  end
  
  klass_atts.each_key do |k|
    @attributes[k] = klass_atts[k].dup
    self.instance_eval "def #{k}; attributes[:#{k}].value; end"
    self.instance_eval "def #{k}=(val); attributes[:#{k}].value = val; end"
  end
  
  klass_assocs.each_key do |k|
    @associations[k] = HasManyAssociation.new(klass_assocs[k].name, :class => klass_assocs[k].klass)
    self.instance_eval "def #{k}; associations[:#{k}].container; end"
    # If you have has_many :people, this will add a method called add_person to the object instantiated
    # from the class
    self.instance_eval "def add_#{Inflector.singularize(k)}(val); associations[:#{k}].push(val); end"
  end
  
  klass_callbacks.each_key do |k|
    @callbacks[k] = klass_callbacks[k].dup
  end
  
  DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES.each do |x|
    self.instance_eval "def #{x}; _#{x}; end"
    self.instance_eval "def #{x}=(val); self._#{x}=(val); end"
  end
  
  # Set any instance variables if any, which are present in the params hash
  from_hash(params)
end