Added ExtendedDocument.create({}) and #create!({}) so you don't have to do Model.new.create

history.txt

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 * Major enhancements
 
   * Created an abstraction HTTP layer to support different http adapters (Matt Aimonetti)
+  * Added ExtendedDocument.create({}) and #create!({}) so you don't have to do Model.new.create (Matt Aimonetti)
   
 * Minor enhancements
   
-  * Optimized Model.count to run about 3x faster (Matt Aimonetti)
+  * Optimized ExtendedDocument.count to run about 3x faster (Matt Aimonetti)
   * Added Float casting (Ryan Felton & Matt Aimonetti)
 
 == 0.30

lib/couchrest/more/extended_document.rb

@@ -52,8 +52,25 @@ module CouchRest
       end
     end
     
+    # Defines an instance and save it directly to the database 
+    # 
+    # ==== Returns
+    #  returns the reloaded document
+    def self.create(options)
+      instance = new(options)
+      instance.create
+      instance
+    end
     
-    
+    # Defines an instance and save it directly to the database 
+    # 
+    # ==== Returns
+    #  returns the reloaded document or raises an exception
+    def self.create!(options)
+      instance = new(options)
+      instance.create!
+      instance
+    end
     
     # Automatically set <tt>updated_at</tt> and <tt>created_at</tt> fields
     # on the document whenever saving occurs. CouchRest uses a pretty

spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb

@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument" do
     end
   end
   
+  describe "creating a new document" do
+    it "should instantialize and save a document" do
+      article = Article.create(:title => 'my test')
+      article.title.should == 'my test'
+      article.should_not be_new_document 
+    end 
+    
+    it "should trigger the create callbacks" do
+      doc = WithCallBacks.create(:name => 'my other test') 
+      doc.run_before_create.should be_true
+      doc.run_after_create.should be_true
+      doc.run_before_save.should be_true
+      doc.run_after_save.should be_true
+    end
+  end
+  
   describe "update attributes without saving" do
     before(:each) do
       a = Article.get "big-bad-danger" rescue nil