Simplifying and moving CastedArray into own file

lib/couchrest/more/casted_array.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Wrapper around Array so that the casted_by attribute is set in all
+# elements of the array.
+#
+
+module CouchRest
+  class CastedArray < Array
+    attr_accessor :casted_by
+    
+    def << obj
+      obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
+      super(obj)
+    end
+    
+    def push(obj)
+      obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
+      super(obj)
+    end
+    
+    def []= index, obj
+      obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
+      super(index, obj)
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/couchrest/more/property.rb

@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ module CouchRest
         else
           base_type = type.is_a?(Array) ? type.first : type
           if base_type.is_a?(String)
-            base_type = TrueClass if base_type.downcase == 'boolean'
-            begin
-              base_type = ::CouchRest.constantize(base_type) unless base_type.is_a?(Class)
-            rescue  # leave base type as is and convert in more/typecast 
+            if base_type.downcase == 'boolean'
+              base_type = TrueClass 
+            else
+              begin
+                base_type = ::CouchRest.constantize(base_type)
+              rescue  # leave base type as a string and convert in more/typecast
+              end
             end
           end
           @type = type.is_a?(Array) ? [base_type] : base_type 
@@ -45,22 +48,3 @@ module CouchRest
 
   end
 end
-
-class CastedArray < Array
-  attr_accessor :casted_by
-  
-  def << obj
-    obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
-    super(obj)
-  end
-  
-  def push(obj)
-    obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
-    super(obj)
-  end
-  
-  def []= index, obj
-    obj.casted_by = self.casted_by if obj.respond_to?(:casted_by)
-    super(index, obj)
-  end
-end