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@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ module ActiveCouch
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       rev.nil?
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     end
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+    # Deletes a document from a CouchDB database.
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+    def delete
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+      if new?
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+        raise ActiveCouchError, "You must specify a revision for the document to be deleted"
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+      elsif id.nil?
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+        raise ActiveCouchError, "You must specify an ID for the document to be deleted"
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+      else
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+        connection.delete("/#{self.class.database_name}/#{id}?rev=#{rev}")
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+      end
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+    end
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+
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     class << self # Class methods
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       def inherited(subklass)
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@@ -328,6 +339,7 @@ module ActiveCouch
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       end
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       private
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+      
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         # Returns the class descending directly from ActiveCouch in the inheritance hierarchy.
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         def class_of_active_couch_descendant(klass)
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           if klass.superclass == Base
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@@ -362,7 +374,9 @@ module ActiveCouch
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           end
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         end
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-        # First parse the JSON.
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+        # Instantiates a collection of ActiveCouch::Base objects, based on the 
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+        # result obtained from a CouchDB View.
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+        #
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         # As per the CouchDB Permanent View API, the result set will be contained 
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         # within a JSON hash as an array, with the key 'rows'
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         # The actual CouchDB object which needs to be initialized is obtained with