Merge pull request #1309 from alexspeller/add-pushRaw-method

Add pushPayload method to store

packages/ember-data/lib/system/store.js

@@ -1104,6 +1104,44 @@ DS.Store = Ember.Object.extend(DS._Mappable, {
     return this.recordForId(type, data.id);
   },
 
+  /**
+    Push some raw data into the store.
+
+    The data will be automatically deserialized using the
+    serializer for the `type` param.
+
+    This method can be used both to push in brand new
+    records, as well as to update existing records.
+
+    You can push in more than one type of object at once.
+    All objects should be in the format expected by the
+    serializer.
+
+    ```js
+    App.ApplicationSerializer = DS.ActiveModelSerializer;
+
+    var pushData = {
+      posts: [
+        {id: 1, post_title: "Great post", comment_ids: [2]}
+      ],
+      comments: [
+        {id: 2, comment_body: "Insightful comment"}
+      ]
+    }
+
+    store.pushPayload('post', pushData);
+    ```
+
+    @method push
+    @param {String} type
+    @param {Object} payload
+  */
+
+  pushPayload: function (type, payload) {
+    var serializer = this.serializerFor(type);
+    serializer.pushPayload(this, payload);
+  },
+
   update: function(type, data) {
     Ember.assert("You must include an `id` in a hash passed to `update`", data.id != null);
 

packages/ember-data/tests/unit/store/push_test.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var env, store, Person, PhoneNumber;
+var env, store, Person, PhoneNumber, Post;
 var attr = DS.attr, hasMany = DS.hasMany, belongsTo = DS.belongsTo;
 
 module("unit/store/push - DS.Store#push", {
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ module("unit/store/push - DS.Store#push", {
       person: belongsTo('person')
     });
 
+    Post = DS.Model.extend({
+      postTitle: attr('string')
+    });
+
     env = setupStore();
 
     store = env.store;
@@ -24,7 +28,9 @@ module("unit/store/push - DS.Store#push", {
 
     env.container.register('model:person', Person);
     env.container.register('model:phone-number', PhoneNumber);
+    env.container.register('model:post', Post);
     env.container.register('serializer:_default', DefaultSerializer);
+    env.container.register('serializer:post', DS.ActiveModelSerializer);
   },
 
   teardown: function() {
@@ -154,3 +160,21 @@ test("Calling push with a normalized hash containing IDs of related records retu
     }]);
   }));
 });
+
+test("Calling pushPayload allows pushing raw JSON", function () {
+  store.pushPayload('post', {posts: [{
+    id: '1',
+    post_title: "Ember rocks"
+  }]});
+
+  var post = store.getById('post', 1);
+
+  equal(post.get('postTitle'), "Ember rocks", "you can push raw JSON into the store");
+
+  store.pushPayload('post', {posts: [{
+    id: '1',
+    post_title: "Ember rocks (updated)"
+  }]});
+
+  equal(post.get('postTitle'), "Ember rocks (updated)", "You can update data in the store");
+});