initial model code. Person find 'id = 1' totally works.

lib/balls.sh

@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@
 [[ -z "$BALLS_VIEWS" ]] && BALLS_VIEWS=$BALLS_ROOT/views
 [[ -z "$BALLS_ACTIONS" ]] && BALLS_ACTIONS=$BALLS_ROOT/actions
 
-
 . $BALLS_LIB/util.sh
 . $BALLS_LIB/http.sh
 . $BALLS_LIB/router.sh
 . $BALLS_LIB/server.sh
 . $BALLS_LIB/view.sh
-
+. $BALLS_LIB/model.sh

lib/model.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+[[ -z "$BALLS_DB_CREDENTIALS" ]] && BALLS_DB_CREDENTIALS=''
+[[ -z "$BALLS_DB" ]] && BALLS_DB='balls'
+
+balls::model::impl() {
+  local model="$1"; shift
+
+  local mode="$1"; shift
+
+  if exists "$model.$mode"; then
+    "$model.$mode" "$@"
+  elif exists "balls::model.$mode"; then
+    "balls::model.$mode" "$@"
+  else
+    stderr "oh no! couldn't find \`$model.$mode\`."
+  fi
+}
+
+balls::model() {
+  alias "$1"="balls::model::impl $1"
+}
+
+balls::model.find() {
+  mysql $BALLS_DB_CREDENTIALS "$BALLS_DB" -e "SELECT * from $(balls::model.table_name) WHERE $@" | cat
+}
+
+balls::model.table_name() {
+  local table_name_var="${model}_table_name"
+  if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
+    export "$table_name_var"="$1"
+  elif [[ -n "${!table_name_var}" ]]; then
+    echo "${!table_name_var}"
+  else
+    echo "$model" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'
+  fi
+}