added support to cast Float values

history.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+== 0.31
+
+* Major enhancements
+
+  * Created an abstraction HTTP layer to support different http adapters (Matt Aimonetti)
+  
+* Minor enhancements
+
+  * Added Float casting (Ryan Felton & Matt Aimonetti)
+
 == 0.30
  
 * Major enhancements

lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ module CouchRest
       def cast_keys
         return unless self.class.properties
         self.class.properties.each do |property|
-          
           next unless property.casted
           key = self.has_key?(property.name) ? property.name : property.name.to_sym
           # Don't cast the property unless it has a value
@@ -75,6 +74,9 @@ module CouchRest
             self[property.name] = if ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'Time')
               # Using custom time parsing method because Ruby's default method is toooo slow 
               self[key].is_a?(String) ? Time.mktime_with_offset(self[key].dup) : self[key]
+            # Float instances don't get initialized with #new
+            elsif ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'Float')
+              cast_float(self[key])
             else
               # Let people use :send as a Time parse arg
               klass = ::CouchRest.constantize(target)
@@ -84,6 +86,15 @@ module CouchRest
           end 
           
         end
+        
+        def cast_float(value)
+          begin 
+            Float(value)
+          rescue 
+            value
+          end
+        end
+        
       end
       
       module ClassMethods

spec/couchrest/more/property_spec.rb

@@ -141,6 +141,29 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument properties" do
         @event['occurs_at'].should be_an_instance_of(Time)
       end
     end
+    
+    describe "casting to Float object" do
+      class RootBeerFloat < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
+        use_database DB
+        property :price, :cast_as => 'Float'
+      end
+      
+      it "should convert a string into a float if casted as so" do
+        RootBeerFloat.new(:price => '12.50').price.should == 12.50
+        RootBeerFloat.new(:price => '9').price.should == 9.0
+        RootBeerFloat.new(:price => '-9').price.should == -9.0
+      end
+      
+      it "should not convert a string if it's not a string that can be cast as a float" do
+        RootBeerFloat.new(:price => 'test').price.should == 'test'
+      end
+      
+      it "should work fine when a float is being passed" do
+        RootBeerFloat.new(:price => 9.99).price.should == 9.99
+      end
+      
+    end
+    
   end
   
 end