Adding support for setting types with hash

history.txt

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   * Added support for instantiation of documents read from database as couchrest-type provided (Sam Lown)
   * Improved attachment handling for detecting file type (Sam Lown)
   * Removing some monkey patches and relying on active_support for constantize and humanize (Sam Lown)
+  * Added support for setting type directly on property (Sam Lown)
 
 
 == 1.0.2

lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb

@@ -82,10 +82,18 @@ module CouchRest
      
       module ClassMethods
         
-        def property(name, options={})
+        def property(name, *options)
+          opts = { }
+          type = options.shift
+          if type.class != Hash
+            opts[:type] = type
+            opts.merge!(options.shift || {})
+          else
+            opts.update(type)
+          end
           existing_property = self.properties.find{|p| p.name == name.to_s}
-          if existing_property.nil? || (existing_property.default != options[:default])
+          if existing_property.nil? || (existing_property.default != opts[:default])
-            define_property(name, options)
+            define_property(name, opts)
           end
         end
         

spec/couchrest/extended_doc_spec.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument" do
     property :name
     timestamps!
   end
+
+  class WithSimplePropertyType < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
+    use_database TEST_SERVER.default_database
+    property :name, String
+    property :preset, String, :default => 'none'
+    property :tags, [String]
+    timestamps!
+  end
   
   class WithCallBacks < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
     include ::CouchRest::Validation
@@ -277,6 +285,18 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument" do
       obj.read_only_with_default.should == 'generic'
     end
   end
+
+  describe "simplified way of setting property types" do
+    it "should set defaults" do
+      obj = WithSimplePropertyType.new
+      obj.preset.should eql('none')
+    end
+
+    it "should handle arrays" do
+      obj = WithSimplePropertyType.new(:tags => ['spec'])
+      obj.tags.should == ['spec']
+    end
+  end
   
   describe "a doc with template values (CR::Model spec)" do
     before(:all) do

spec/fixtures/more/cat.rb

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class Cat < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
   use_database DB
 
   property :name, :accessible => true
-  property :toys, :cast_as => [CatToy], :default => [], :accessible => true
+  property :toys, [CatToy], :default => [], :accessible => true
-  property :favorite_toy, :cast_as => CatToy, :accessible => true
+  property :favorite_toy, CatToy, :accessible => true
   property :number
 end