Started on the ExtendedDocument class with features moved to mixins.

Properties got added, they define getters, setters and aliases.
They will also be the base of the new validation system.

lib/couchrest/mixins/document_queries.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ module CouchRest
           first_instance.empty? ? nil : first_instance.first
         end
         
+        # Load a document from the database by id
+        def get(id)
+          doc = database.get id
+          new(doc)
+        end
+        
       end
       
     end

lib/couchrest/more/extended_document.rb

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module CouchRest
     # Takes a hash as argument, and applies the values by using writer methods
     # for each key. It doesn't save the document at the end. Raises a NoMethodError if the corresponding methods are
     # missing. In case of error, no attributes are changed.    
-    def update_attributes_without_saving hash
+    def update_attributes_without_saving(hash)
       hash.each do |k, v|
         raise NoMethodError, "#{k}= method not available, use key_accessor or key_writer :#{k}" unless self.respond_to?("#{k}=")
       end      
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module CouchRest
     # Takes a hash as argument, and applies the values by using writer methods
     # for each key. Raises a NoMethodError if the corresponding methods are
     # missing. In case of error, no attributes are changed.
-    def update_attributes hash
+    def update_attributes(hash)
       update_attributes_without_saving hash
       save
     end
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module CouchRest
     
     # Overridden to set the unique ID.
     # Returns a boolean value
-    def save bulk = false
+    def save(bulk = false)
       set_unique_id if new_document? && self.respond_to?(:set_unique_id)
       result = database.save_doc(self, bulk)
       result["ok"] == true