Removed applyDefaults helper in favor of _.defaults

lib/helpers.js

@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 var _ = require('underscore');
 
-exports.applyDefaults = function (obj, defaults) {
-  var mergedObj = obj || {};
-  var setting;
-
-  for (setting in defaults) {
-    if (defaults.hasOwnProperty(setting) && !obj[setting]) {
-      obj[setting] = defaults[setting];
-    }
-  }
-
-  return mergedObj;
-};
-
 exports.initialCap = function (str) {
   return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
 };

lib/phl_pac_complaints.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function PhlPacComplaints(opts) {
     }
   };
 
-  this.settings = opts ? helpers.applyDefaults(opts, this.defaultSettings) : this.defaultSettings;
+  this.settings = opts ? _.defaults(opts, this.defaultSettings) : this.defaultSettings;
 }
 
 PhlPacComplaints.prototype.get = function (params, callback) {

test/helpers.js

@@ -2,26 +2,6 @@ var expect = require('expect.js');
 var helpers = require('../lib/helpers');
 
 describe("helpers", function() {
-  describe("#applyDefaults", function () {
-    it("it applies default properties to an object", function () {
-      expect(helpers.applyDefaults({}, {
-        a: 1,
-        b: 2
-      })).to.eql({a: 1, b: 2});
-    });
-
-    it("overrides default properties with specified new values", function () {
-      expect(helpers.applyDefaults({
-        a: 'a',
-        b: 'b'
-      }, {
-        a: 1,
-        b: 2,
-        c: 3
-      })).to.eql({a: 'a', b: 'b', c: 3});
-    });
-  });
-
   describe("#initalCap", function () {
     it("exists", function () {
       expect(typeof helpers.initialCap).to.eql('function');