From 6aca9e100460dab1389b67d106f67aa3ac64bf6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Techwraith <derickson@yammer-inc.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:50:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a toObj() method to the ModelItemConstructor

---
 lib/model/index.js | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/model/index.js b/lib/model/index.js
index 375cb8b2..03bff2aa 100644
--- a/lib/model/index.js
+++ b/lib/model/index.js
@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ utils.mixin(model, new (function () {
         geddy.model.updateItem(this, params, opts || {});
       };
 
+      /**
+        @name ModelBase#toObj
+        @public
+        @function
+        @description Returns an object with just the properties
+        and values of the model instance
+       */
+      this.toObj = function () {
+        var obj
+          , props = this.properties;
+        obj.id = this.id;
+        for (var p in props) {
+          obj[props[p]] = this[props[p]];
+        }
+        return obj;
+      }
 
       this.toString = function () {
         var obj = {};