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@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ module ActiveCouch
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           elsif v.is_a?(Hash) # This means this is a has_one association (which we might add later)
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             # Do nothing for now. More later
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           else # This means this is a normal attribute
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-            self.send("#{k}=", v) if @attributes.has_key?(k)
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+            self.send("#{k}=", v) if respond_to?("#{k}=") # @attributes.has_key?(k) || @attributes.has_key?("_#{k}")
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           end
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         end
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       end

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@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ describe "ActiveCouch::Base #before_delete method with a Symbol as argument" do
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   it "should call the method specified as an argument to before_delete, *before* deleting the object from CouchDB" do
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     # First save the object
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-    p = Person.create(:name => 'McLovin')
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-    p.age = 10
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+    p = Person.create(:name => 'McLovin', :age => 10)
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     # Before deleting, age must be 10
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     p.age.should == 10
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     # Delete the object, and...

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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper.rb'
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+
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+describe "ActiveCouch::Base #new method with a hash containing one key-value pair" do
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+  before(:each) do
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+    class Person < ActiveCouch::Base
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+      has :name
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+    end
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+  end
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+
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+  it "should be able to initialize attributes correctly from a hash" do
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+    p = Person.new(:name => 'McLovin')
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+    p.name.should == 'McLovin'
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+  end
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+end
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+
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+describe "ActiveCouch::Base #new method with a hash containing more than one key-value pair" do
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+  before(:each) do
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+    class Person < ActiveCouch::Base
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+      has :name
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+      has :age, :which_is => :number, :with_default_value => 25
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+    end
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+  end
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+  
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+  it "should be able to initialize attributes correctly from the hash" do
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+    p = Person.new(:name => 'McLovin', :age => 12)
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+    p.name.should == 'McLovin'
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+    p.age.should == 12
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+  end
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+end
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+
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+describe "ActiveCouch::Base #new method with a hash containing a CouchDB reserved attribute" do
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+  before(:each) do
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+    class Person < ActiveCouch::Base
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+      has :name
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+    end
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+  end
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+  
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+  it "should be able to initialize attributes correclty from the has, including CouchDB reserved attributes" do
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+    p = Person.new(:name => 'McLovin', :id => '123')
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+    p.name.should == 'McLovin'
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+    p.id.should == '123'
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+  end
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+end
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