updating to couchrest 1.1.2 and as_couch_json method

couchrest_model.gemspec

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  s.add_dependency(%q<couchrest>, "1.1.1")
+  s.add_dependency(%q<couchrest>, "~> 1.1.2")
   s.add_dependency(%q<mime-types>, "~> 1.15")
   s.add_dependency(%q<activemodel>, "~> 3.0")
   s.add_dependency(%q<tzinfo>, "~> 0.3.22")

history.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # CouchRest Model Change History
 
+## 1.1.2 - 2011-07-XX
+
+* Minor fixes
+  * Upgrade to couchrest 1.1.2
+  * Override as_couch_json to ensure nil values not stored
+
 ## 1.1.1 - 2011-07-04
 
 * Minor fix

lib/couchrest/model/properties.rb

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ module Properties
         raise "You can only mixin Properties in a class responding to [] and []=, if you tried to mixin CastedModel, make sure your class inherits from Hash or responds to the proper methods" unless (method_defined?(:[]) && method_defined?(:[]=))
       end
 
-      def as_json(options = nil)
-        Hash[self].reject{|k,v| v.nil?}.as_json(options)
+      # Provide an attribute hash ready to be sent to CouchDB but with
+      # all the nil attributes removed.
+      def as_couch_json
+        super.delete_if{|k,v| v.nil?}
       end
 
       # Returns the Class properties with their values

spec/unit/property_spec.rb

@@ -62,15 +62,23 @@
     @card.updated_at.should_not be_nil
   end
 
-  describe "#as_json" do
+  describe "#as_couch_json" do
 
     it "should provide a simple hash from model" do
-      @card.as_json.class.should eql(Hash)
+      @card.as_couch_json.class.should eql(Hash)
     end
 
     it "should remove properties from Hash if value is nil" do
       @card.last_name = nil
-      @card.as_json.keys.include?('last_name').should be_false
+      @card.as_couch_json.keys.include?('last_name').should be_false
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "#as_json" do
+
+    it "should provide a simple hash from model" do
+      @card.as_json.class.should eql(Hash)
     end
 
     it "should pass options to Active Support's as_json" do