Module: Exegesis::Model::InstanceMethods

Defined in:
lib/exegesis/model.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#[](key) ⇒ Object

retrieves the attribte



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 123

def [] key
  @attributes[key]
end

#[]=(key, value) ⇒ Object

directly sets the attribute, avoiding any writers or lack thereof.



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 128

def []= key, value
  @attributes[key] = value
end

#database ⇒ Object

returns the instance’s database, or its parents database if it has a parent. If neither, returns false. This is overwritten in classes including Exegesis::Document by an attr_accessor.



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 135

def database
  parent && parent.database
end

#initialize(hash = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 102

def initialize hash={}
  apply_default
  hash.each {|key, value| @attributes[key.to_s] = value }
  @attributes['class'] = self.class.name
end

#update(hash = {}) ⇒ Object

works like Hash#update on the attributes hash, bypassing any writers



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 109

def update hash={}
  hash.each {|key, value| @attributes[key.to_s] = value }
end

#update_attributes(hash = {}) ⇒ Object

update the attributes in the model using writers. If no writer is defined for a given key it will raise NoMethodError



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# File 'lib/exegesis/model.rb', line 115

def update_attributes hash={}
  hash.delete('class')
  hash.each do |key, value| 
    self.send("#{key}=", value)
  end
end