activeresource-five 5.0.0

data/lib/active_resource/associations/builder/association.rb

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+module ActiveResource::Associations::Builder
+  class Association #:nodoc:
+
+    # providing a Class-Variable, which will have a different store of subclasses
+    class_attribute :valid_options
+    self.valid_options = [:class_name]
+
+    # would identify subclasses of association
+    class_attribute :macro
+
+    attr_reader :model, :name, :options, :klass
+
+    def self.build(model, name, options)
+      new(model, name, options).build
+    end
+
+    def initialize(model, name, options)
+      @model, @name, @options = model, name, options
+    end
+
+    def build
+      validate_options
+      model.create_reflection(self.class.macro, name, options)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def validate_options
+      options.assert_valid_keys(self.class.valid_options)
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/active_resource/associations/builder/belongs_to.rb

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+module ActiveResource::Associations::Builder 
+  class BelongsTo < Association
+    self.valid_options += [:foreign_key]
+
+    self.macro = :belongs_to
+
+    def build
+      validate_options
+      reflection = model.create_reflection(self.class.macro, name, options)
+      model.defines_belongs_to_finder_method(reflection)
+      return reflection
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/active_resource/associations/builder/has_many.rb

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+module ActiveResource::Associations::Builder 
+  class HasMany < Association
+    self.macro = :has_many
+
+    def build
+      validate_options
+      model.create_reflection(self.class.macro, name, options).tap do |reflection|
+        model.defines_has_many_finder_method(reflection)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/active_resource/associations/builder/has_one.rb

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+module ActiveResource::Associations::Builder 
+  class HasOne < Association
+    self.macro = :has_one
+    
+    def build
+      validate_options
+      model.create_reflection(self.class.macro, name, options).tap do |reflection|
+        model.defines_has_one_finder_method(reflection)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/active_resource/base.rb

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+require 'active_support'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/to_query'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/duplicable'
+require 'set'
+require 'uri'
+
+require 'active_support/core_ext/uri'
+require 'active_resource/connection'
+require 'active_resource/formats'
+require 'active_resource/schema'
+require 'active_resource/log_subscriber'
+require 'active_resource/associations'
+require 'active_resource/reflection'
+require 'active_resource/threadsafe_attributes'
+
+require 'active_model/serializers/xml'
+
+module ActiveResource
+  # ActiveResource::Base is the main class for mapping RESTful resources as models in a Rails application.
+  #
+  # For an outline of what Active Resource is capable of, see its {README}[link:files/activeresource/README_rdoc.html].
+  #
+  # == Automated mapping
+  #
+  # Active Resource objects represent your RESTful resources as manipulatable Ruby objects. To map resources
+  # to Ruby objects, Active Resource only needs a class name that corresponds to the resource name (e.g., the class
+  # Person maps to the resources people, very similarly to Active Record) and a +site+ value, which holds the
+  # URI of the resources.
+  #
+  #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #     self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #   end
+  #
+  # Now the Person class is mapped to RESTful resources located at <tt>https://api.people.com/people/</tt>, and
+  # you can now use Active Resource's life cycle methods to manipulate resources. In the case where you already have
+  # an existing model with the same name as the desired RESTful resource you can set the +element_name+ value.
+  #
+  #   class PersonResource < ActiveResource::Base
+  #     self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #     self.element_name = "person"
+  #   end
+  #
+  # If your Active Resource object is required to use an HTTP proxy you can set the +proxy+ value which holds a URI.
+  #
+  #   class PersonResource < ActiveResource::Base
+  #     self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #     self.proxy = "https://user:password@proxy.people.com:8080"
+  #   end
+  #
+  #
+  # == Life cycle methods
+  #
+  # Active Resource exposes methods for creating, finding, updating, and deleting resources
+  # from REST web services.
+  #
+  #   ryan = Person.new(:first => 'Ryan', :last => 'Daigle')
+  #   ryan.save                # => true
+  #   ryan.id                  # => 2
+  #   Person.exists?(ryan.id)  # => true
+  #   ryan.exists?             # => true
+  #
+  #   ryan = Person.find(1)
+  #   # Resource holding our newly created Person object
+  #
+  #   ryan.first = 'Rizzle'
+  #   ryan.save                # => true
+  #
+  #   ryan.destroy             # => true
+  #
+  # As you can see, these are very similar to Active Record's life cycle methods for database records.
+  # You can read more about each of these methods in their respective documentation.
+  #
+  # === Custom REST methods
+  #
+  # Since simple CRUD/life cycle methods can't accomplish every task, Active Resource also supports
+  # defining your own custom REST methods. To invoke them, Active Resource provides the <tt>get</tt>,
+  # <tt>post</tt>, <tt>put</tt> and <tt>delete</tt> methods where you can specify a custom REST method
+  # name to invoke.
+  #
+  #   # POST to the custom 'register' REST method, i.e. POST /people/new/register.json.
+  #   Person.new(:name => 'Ryan').post(:register)
+  #   # => { :id => 1, :name => 'Ryan', :position => 'Clerk' }
+  #
+  #   # PUT an update by invoking the 'promote' REST method, i.e. PUT /people/1/promote.json?position=Manager.
+  #   Person.find(1).put(:promote, :position => 'Manager')
+  #   # => { :id => 1, :name => 'Ryan', :position => 'Manager' }
+  #
+  #   # GET all the positions available, i.e. GET /people/positions.json.
+  #   Person.get(:positions)
+  #   # => [{:name => 'Manager'}, {:name => 'Clerk'}]
+  #
+  #   # DELETE to 'fire' a person, i.e. DELETE /people/1/fire.json.
+  #   Person.find(1).delete(:fire)
+  #
+  # For more information on using custom REST methods, see the
+  # ActiveResource::CustomMethods documentation.
+  #
+  # == Validations
+  #
+  # You can validate resources client side by overriding validation methods in the base class.
+  #
+  #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #      self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #      protected
+  #        def validate
+  #          errors.add("last", "has invalid characters") unless last =~ /[a-zA-Z]*/
+  #        end
+  #   end
+  #
+  # See the ActiveResource::Validations documentation for more information.
+  #
+  # == Authentication
+  #
+  # Many REST APIs require authentication. The HTTP spec describes two ways to
+  # make requests with a username and password (see RFC 2617).
+  #
+  # Basic authentication simply sends a username and password along with HTTP
+  # requests. These sensitive credentials are sent unencrypted, visible to
+  # any onlooker, so this scheme should only be used with SSL.
+  #
+  # Digest authentication sends a crytographic hash of the username, password,
+  # HTTP method, URI, and a single-use secret key provided by the server.
+  # Sensitive credentials aren't visible to onlookers, so digest authentication
+  # doesn't require SSL. However, this doesn't mean the connection is secure!
+  # Just the username and password.
+  #
+  # (You really, really want to use SSL. There's little reason not to.)
+  #
+  # === Picking an authentication scheme
+  #
+  # Basic authentication is the default. To switch to digest authentication,
+  # set +auth_type+ to +:digest+:
+  #
+  #    class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #      self.auth_type = :digest
+  #    end
+  #
+  # === Setting the username and password
+  #
+  # Set +user+ and +password+ on the class, or include them in the +site+ URL.
+  #
+  #    class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #      # Set user and password directly:
+  #      self.user = "ryan"
+  #      self.password = "password"
+  #
+  #      # Or include them in the site:
+  #      self.site = "https://ryan:password@api.people.com"
+  #    end
+  #
+  # === Certificate Authentication
+  #
+  # You can also authenticate using an X509 certificate. <tt>See ssl_options=</tt> for all options.
+  #
+  #    class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #      self.site = "https://secure.api.people.com/"
+  #
+  #      File.open(pem_file_path, 'rb') do |pem_file|
+  #        self.ssl_options = {
+  #          cert:        OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(pem_file),
+  #          key:         OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(pem_file),
+  #          ca_path:     "/path/to/OpenSSL/formatted/CA_Certs",
+  #          verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER }
+  #      end
+  #    end
+  #
+  #
+  # == Errors & Validation
+  #
+  # Error handling and validation is handled in much the same manner as you're used to seeing in
+  # Active Record. Both the response code in the HTTP response and the body of the response are used to
+  # indicate that an error occurred.
+  #
+  # === Resource errors
+  #
+  # When a GET is requested for a resource that does not exist, the HTTP <tt>404</tt> (Resource Not Found)
+  # response code will be returned from the server which will raise an ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
+  # exception.
+  #
+  #   # GET https://api.people.com/people/999.json
+  #   ryan = Person.find(999) # 404, raises ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
+  #
+  #
+  # <tt>404</tt> is just one of the HTTP error response codes that Active Resource will handle with its own exception. The
+  # following HTTP response codes will also result in these exceptions:
+  #
+  # * 200..399 - Valid response. No exceptions, other than these redirects:
+  # * 301, 302, 303, 307 - ActiveResource::Redirection
+  # * 400 - ActiveResource::BadRequest
+  # * 401 - ActiveResource::UnauthorizedAccess
+  # * 403 - ActiveResource::ForbiddenAccess
+  # * 404 - ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
+  # * 405 - ActiveResource::MethodNotAllowed
+  # * 409 - ActiveResource::ResourceConflict
+  # * 410 - ActiveResource::ResourceGone
+  # * 422 - ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid (rescued by save as validation errors)
+  # * 401..499 - ActiveResource::ClientError
+  # * 500..599 - ActiveResource::ServerError
+  # * Other - ActiveResource::ConnectionError
+  #
+  # These custom exceptions allow you to deal with resource errors more naturally and with more precision
+  # rather than returning a general HTTP error. For example:
+  #
+  #   begin
+  #     ryan = Person.find(my_id)
+  #   rescue ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
+  #     redirect_to :action => 'not_found'
+  #   rescue ActiveResource::ResourceConflict, ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid
+  #     redirect_to :action => 'new'
+  #   end
+  #
+  # When a GET is requested for a nested resource and you don't provide the prefix_param
+  # an ActiveResource::MissingPrefixParam will be raised.
+  #
+  #  class Comment < ActiveResource::Base
+  #    self.site = "https://someip.com/posts/:post_id"
+  #  end
+  #
+  #  Comment.find(1)
+  #  # => ActiveResource::MissingPrefixParam: post_id prefix_option is missing
+  #
+  # === Validation errors
+  #
+  # Active Resource supports validations on resources and will return errors if any of these validations fail
+  # (e.g., "First name can not be blank" and so on). These types of errors are denoted in the response by
+  # a response code of <tt>422</tt> and an JSON or XML representation of the validation errors. The save operation will
+  # then fail (with a <tt>false</tt> return value) and the validation errors can be accessed on the resource in question.
+  #
+  #   ryan = Person.find(1)
+  #   ryan.first # => ''
+  #   ryan.save  # => false
+  #
+  #   # When
+  #   # PUT https://api.people.com/people/1.xml
+  #   # or
+  #   # PUT https://api.people.com/people/1.json
+  #   # is requested with invalid values, the response is:
+  #   #
+  #   # Response (422):
+  #   # <errors><error>First cannot be empty</error></errors>
+  #   # or
+  #   # {"errors":{"first":["cannot be empty"]}}
+  #   #
+  #
+  #   ryan.errors.invalid?(:first)  # => true
+  #   ryan.errors.full_messages     # => ['First cannot be empty']
+  #
+  # For backwards-compatibility with older endpoints, the following formats are also supported in JSON responses:
+  #
+  #   # {"errors":['First cannot be empty']}
+  #   #   This was the required format for previous versions of ActiveResource
+  #   # {"first":["cannot be empty"]}
+  #   #   This was the default format produced by respond_with in ActionController <3.2.1
+  #
+  # Parsing either of these formats will result in a deprecation warning.
+  #
+  # Learn more about Active Resource's validation features in the ActiveResource::Validations documentation.
+  #
+  # === Timeouts
+  #
+  # Active Resource relies on HTTP to access RESTful APIs and as such is inherently susceptible to slow or
+  # unresponsive servers. In such cases, your Active Resource method calls could \timeout. You can control the
+  # amount of time before Active Resource times out with the +timeout+ variable.
+  #
+  #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #     self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #     self.timeout = 5
+  #   end
+  #
+  # This sets the +timeout+ to 5 seconds. You can adjust the +timeout+ to a value suitable for the RESTful API
+  # you are accessing. It is recommended to set this to a reasonably low value to allow your Active Resource
+  # clients (especially if you are using Active Resource in a Rails application) to fail-fast (see
+  # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-fast) rather than cause cascading failures that could incapacitate your
+  # server.
+  #
+  # When a \timeout occurs, an ActiveResource::TimeoutError is raised. You should rescue from
+  # ActiveResource::TimeoutError in your Active Resource method calls.
+  #
+  # Internally, Active Resource relies on Ruby's Net::HTTP library to make HTTP requests. Setting +timeout+
+  # sets the <tt>read_timeout</tt> of the internal Net::HTTP instance to the same value. The default
+  # <tt>read_timeout</tt> is 60 seconds on most Ruby implementations.
+  #
+  # Active Resource also supports distinct +open_timeout+ (time to connect) and +read_timeout+ (how long to
+  # wait for an upstream response). This is inline with supported +Net::HTTP+ timeout configuration and allows
+  # for finer control of client timeouts depending on context.
+  #
+  #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+  #     self.site = "https://api.people.com"
+  #     self.open_timeout = 2
+  #     self.read_timeout = 10
+  #   end
+  class Base
+    ##
+    # :singleton-method:
+    # The logger for diagnosing and tracing Active Resource calls.
+    cattr_accessor :logger
+
+    class_attribute :_format
+    class_attribute :_collection_parser
+    class_attribute :include_format_in_path
+    self.include_format_in_path = true
+
+    class_attribute :connection_class
+    self.connection_class = Connection
+
+    class << self
+      include ThreadsafeAttributes
+      threadsafe_attribute :_headers, :_connection, :_user, :_password, :_site, :_proxy
+
+      # Creates a schema for this resource - setting the attributes that are
+      # known prior to fetching an instance from the remote system.
+      #
+      # The schema helps define the set of <tt>known_attributes</tt> of the
+      # current resource.
+      #
+      # There is no need to specify a schema for your Active Resource. If
+      # you do not, the <tt>known_attributes</tt> will be guessed from the
+      # instance attributes returned when an instance is fetched from the
+      # remote system.
+      #
+      # example:
+      #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+      #     schema do
+      #       # define each attribute separately
+      #       attribute 'name', :string
+      #
+      #       # or use the convenience methods and pass >=1 attribute names
+      #       string  'eye_color', 'hair_color'
+      #       integer 'age'
+      #       float   'height', 'weight'
+      #
+      #       # unsupported types should be left as strings
+      #       # overload the accessor methods if you need to convert them
+      #       attribute 'created_at', 'string'
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   p = Person.new
+      #   p.respond_to? :name   # => true
+      #   p.respond_to? :age    # => true
+      #   p.name                # => nil
+      #   p.age                 # => nil
+      #
+      #   j = Person.find_by_name('John')
+      #   <person><name>John</name><age>34</age><num_children>3</num_children></person>
+      #   j.respond_to? :name   # => true
+      #   j.respond_to? :age    # => true
+      #   j.name                # => 'John'
+      #   j.age                 # => '34'  # note this is a string!
+      #   j.num_children        # => '3'  # note this is a string!
+      #
+      #   p.num_children        # => NoMethodError
+      #
+      # Attribute-types must be one of: <tt>string, text, integer, float, decimal, datetime, timestamp, time, date, binary, boolean</tt>
+      #
+      # Note: at present the attribute-type doesn't do anything, but stay
+      # tuned...
+      # Shortly it will also *cast* the value of the returned attribute.
+      # ie:
+      # j.age                 # => 34   # cast to an integer
+      # j.weight              # => '65' # still a string!
+      #
+      def schema(&block)
+        if block_given?
+          schema_definition = Schema.new
+          schema_definition.instance_eval(&block)
+
+          # skip out if we didn't define anything
+          return unless schema_definition.attrs.present?
+
+          @schema ||= {}.with_indifferent_access
+          @known_attributes ||= []
+
+          schema_definition.attrs.each do |k,v|
+            @schema[k] = v
+            @known_attributes << k
+          end
+
+          @schema
+        else
+          @schema ||= nil
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Alternative, direct way to specify a <tt>schema</tt> for this
+      # Resource. <tt>schema</tt> is more flexible, but this is quick
+      # for a very simple schema.
+      #
+      # Pass the schema as a hash with the keys being the attribute-names
+      # and the value being one of the accepted attribute types (as defined
+      # in <tt>schema</tt>)
+      #
+      # example:
+      #
+      #   class Person < ActiveResource::Base
+      #     schema = {'name' => :string, 'age' => :integer }
+      #   end
+      #
+      # The keys/values can be strings or symbols. They will be converted to
+      # strings.
+      #
+      def schema=(the_schema)
+        unless the_schema.present?
+          # purposefully nulling out the schema
+          @schema = nil
+          @known_attributes = []
+          return
+        end
+
+        raise ArgumentError, "Expected a hash" unless the_schema.kind_of? Hash
+
+        schema do
+          the_schema.each {|k,v| attribute(k,v) }
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns the list of known attributes for this resource, gathered
+      # from the provided <tt>schema</tt>
+      # Attributes that are known will cause your resource to return 'true'
+      # when <tt>respond_to?</tt> is called on them. A known attribute will
+      # return nil if not set (rather than <tt>MethodNotFound</tt>); thus
+      # known attributes can be used with <tt>validates_presence_of</tt>
+      # without a getter-method.
+      def known_attributes
+        @known_attributes ||= []
+      end
+
+      # Gets the URI of the REST resources to map for this class. The site variable is required for
+      # Active Resource's mapping to work.
+      def site
+        # Not using superclass_delegating_reader because don't want subclasses to modify superclass instance
+        #
+        # With superclass_delegating_reader
+        #
+        #   Parent.site = 'https://anonymous@test.com'
+        #   Subclass.site # => 'https://anonymous@test.com'
+        #   Subclass.site.user = 'david'
+        #   Parent.site # => 'https://david@test.com'
+        #
+        # Without superclass_delegating_reader (expected behavior)
+        #
+        #   Parent.site = 'https://anonymous@test.com'
+        #   Subclass.site # => 'https://anonymous@test.com'
+        #   Subclass.site.user = 'david' # => TypeError: can't modify frozen object
+        #
+        if _site_defined?
+          _site
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.site
+          superclass.site.dup.freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets the URI of the REST resources to map for this class to the value in the +site+ argument.
+      # The site variable is required for Active Resource's mapping to work.
+      def site=(site)
+        self._connection = nil
+        if site.nil?
+          self._site = nil
+        else
+          self._site = create_site_uri_from(site)
+          self._user = URI.parser.unescape(_site.user) if _site.user
+          self._password = URI.parser.unescape(_site.password) if _site.password
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Gets the \proxy variable if a proxy is required
+      def proxy
+        # Not using superclass_delegating_reader. See +site+ for explanation
+        if _proxy_defined?
+          _proxy
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.proxy
+          superclass.proxy.dup.freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets the URI of the http proxy to the value in the +proxy+ argument.
+      def proxy=(proxy)
+        self._connection = nil
+        self._proxy = proxy.nil? ? nil : create_proxy_uri_from(proxy)
+      end
+
+      # Gets the \user for REST HTTP authentication.
+      def user
+        # Not using superclass_delegating_reader. See +site+ for explanation
+        if _user_defined?
+          _user
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.user
+          superclass.user.dup.freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets the \user for REST HTTP authentication.
+      def user=(user)
+        self._connection = nil
+        self._user = user
+      end
+
+      # Gets the \password for REST HTTP authentication.
+      def password
+        # Not using superclass_delegating_reader. See +site+ for explanation
+        if _password_defined?
+          _password
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.password
+          superclass.password.dup.freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets the \password for REST HTTP authentication.
+      def password=(password)
+        self._connection = nil
+        self._password = password
+      end
+
+      def auth_type
+        if defined?(@auth_type)
+          @auth_type
+        end
+      end
+
+      def auth_type=(auth_type)
+        self._connection = nil
+        @auth_type = auth_type
+      end
+
+      # Sets the format that attributes are sent and received in from a mime type reference:
+      #
+      #   Person.format = :json
+      #   Person.find(1) # => GET /people/1.json
+      #
+      #   Person.format = ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat
+      #   Person.find(1) # => GET /people/1.xml
+      #
+      # Default format is <tt>:json</tt>.
+      def format=(mime_type_reference_or_format)
+        format = mime_type_reference_or_format.is_a?(Symbol) ?
+          ActiveResource::Formats[mime_type_reference_or_format] : mime_type_reference_or_format
+
+        self._format = format
+        connection.format = format if site
+      end
+
+      # Returns the current format, default is ActiveResource::Formats::JsonFormat.
+      def format
+        self._format || ActiveResource::Formats::JsonFormat
+      end
+
+      # Sets the parser to use when a collection is returned.  The parser must be Enumerable.
+      def collection_parser=(parser_instance)
+        parser_instance = parser_instance.constantize if parser_instance.is_a?(String)
+        self._collection_parser = parser_instance
+      end
+
+      def collection_parser
+        self._collection_parser || ActiveResource::Collection
+      end
+
+      # Sets the number of seconds after which requests to the REST API should time out.
+      def timeout=(timeout)
+        self._connection = nil
+        @timeout = timeout
+      end
+
+      # Sets the number of seconds after which connection attempts to the REST API should time out.
+      def open_timeout=(timeout)
+        self._connection = nil
+        @open_timeout = timeout
+      end
+
+      # Sets the number of seconds after which reads to the REST API should time out.
+      def read_timeout=(timeout)
+        self._connection = nil
+        @read_timeout = timeout
+      end
+
+      # Gets the number of seconds after which requests to the REST API should time out.
+      def timeout
+        if defined?(@timeout)
+          @timeout
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.timeout
+          superclass.timeout
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Gets the number of seconds after which connection attempts to the REST API should time out.
+      def open_timeout
+        if defined?(@open_timeout)
+          @open_timeout
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.open_timeout
+          superclass.open_timeout
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Gets the number of seconds after which reads to the REST API should time out.
+      def read_timeout
+        if defined?(@read_timeout)
+          @read_timeout
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.read_timeout
+          superclass.read_timeout
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Options that will get applied to an SSL connection.
+      #
+      # * <tt>:key</tt> - An OpenSSL::PKey::RSA or OpenSSL::PKey::DSA object.
+      # * <tt>:cert</tt> - An OpenSSL::X509::Certificate object as client certificate
+      # * <tt>:ca_file</tt> - Path to a CA certification file in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates.
+      # * <tt>:ca_path</tt> - Path of a CA certification directory containing certifications in PEM format.
+      # * <tt>:verify_mode</tt> - Flags for server the certification verification at beginning of SSL/TLS session. (OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE or OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER is acceptable)
+      # * <tt>:verify_callback</tt> - The verify callback for the server certification verification.
+      # * <tt>:verify_depth</tt> - The maximum depth for the certificate chain verification.
+      # * <tt>:cert_store</tt> - OpenSSL::X509::Store to verify peer certificate.
+      # * <tt>:ssl_timeout</tt> -The SSL timeout in seconds.
+      def ssl_options=(options)
+        self._connection = nil
+        @ssl_options  = options
+      end
+
+      # Returns the SSL options hash.
+      def ssl_options
+        if defined?(@ssl_options)
+          @ssl_options
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.ssl_options
+          superclass.ssl_options
+        end
+      end
+
+      # An instance of ActiveResource::Connection that is the base \connection to the remote service.
+      # The +refresh+ parameter toggles whether or not the \connection is refreshed at every request
+      # or not (defaults to <tt>false</tt>).
+      def connection(refresh = false)
+        if _connection_defined? || superclass == Object
+          self._connection = connection_class.new(site, format) if refresh || _connection.nil?
+          _connection.proxy = proxy if proxy
+          _connection.user = user if user
+          _connection.password = password if password
+          _connection.auth_type = auth_type if auth_type
+          _connection.timeout = timeout if timeout
+          _connection.open_timeout = open_timeout if open_timeout
+          _connection.read_timeout = read_timeout if read_timeout
+          _connection.ssl_options = ssl_options if ssl_options
+          _connection
+        else
+          superclass.connection
+        end
+      end
+
+      def headers
+        headers_state = self._headers || {}
+        if superclass != Object
+          self._headers = superclass.headers.merge(headers_state)
+        else
+          headers_state
+        end
+      end
+
+      attr_writer :element_name
+
+      def element_name
+        @element_name ||= model_name.element
+      end
+
+      attr_writer :collection_name
+
+      def collection_name
+        @collection_name ||= ActiveSupport::Inflector.pluralize(element_name)
+      end
+
+      attr_writer :primary_key
+
+      def primary_key
+        if defined?(@primary_key)
+          @primary_key
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.primary_key
+          primary_key = superclass.primary_key
+          return primary_key if primary_key.is_a?(Symbol)
+          primary_key.dup.freeze
+        else
+          'id'
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Gets the \prefix for a resource's nested URL (e.g., <tt>prefix/collectionname/1.json</tt>)
+      # This method is regenerated at runtime based on what the \prefix is set to.
+      def prefix(options={})
+        default = site.path
+        default << '/' unless default[-1..-1] == '/'
+        # generate the actual method based on the current site path
+        self.prefix = default
+        prefix(options)
+      end
+
+      # An attribute reader for the source string for the resource path \prefix. This
+      # method is regenerated at runtime based on what the \prefix is set to.
+      def prefix_source
+        prefix # generate #prefix and #prefix_source methods first
+        prefix_source
+      end
+
+      # Sets the \prefix for a resource's nested URL (e.g., <tt>prefix/collectionname/1.json</tt>).
+      # Default value is <tt>site.path</tt>.
+      def prefix=(value = '/')
+        # Replace :placeholders with '#{embedded options[:lookups]}'
+        prefix_call = value.gsub(/:\w+/) { |key| "\#{URI.parser.escape options[#{key}].to_s}" }
+
+        # Clear prefix parameters in case they have been cached
+        @prefix_parameters = nil
+
+        silence_warnings do
+          # Redefine the new methods.
+          instance_eval <<-RUBY_EVAL, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
+            def prefix_source() "#{value}" end
+            def prefix(options={}) "#{prefix_call}" end
+          RUBY_EVAL
+        end
+      rescue Exception => e
+        logger.error "Couldn't set prefix: #{e}\n  #{code}" if logger
+        raise
+      end
+
+      alias_method :set_prefix, :prefix=  #:nodoc:
+
+      alias_method :set_element_name, :element_name=  #:nodoc:
+      alias_method :set_collection_name, :collection_name=  #:nodoc:
+
+      def format_extension
+        include_format_in_path ? ".#{format.extension}" : ""
+      end
+
+      # Gets the element path for the given ID in +id+. If the +query_options+ parameter is omitted, Rails
+      # will split from the \prefix options.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # +prefix_options+ - A \hash to add a \prefix to the request for nested URLs (e.g., <tt>:account_id => 19</tt>
+      # would yield a URL like <tt>/accounts/19/purchases.json</tt>).
+      #
+      # +query_options+ - A \hash to add items to the query string for the request.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Post.element_path(1)
+      #   # => /posts/1.json
+      #
+      #   class Comment < ActiveResource::Base
+      #     self.site = "https://37s.sunrise.com/posts/:post_id"
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   Comment.element_path(1, :post_id => 5)
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments/1.json
+      #
+      #   Comment.element_path(1, :post_id => 5, :active => 1)
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments/1.json?active=1
+      #
+      #   Comment.element_path(1, {:post_id => 5}, {:active => 1})
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments/1.json?active=1
+      #
+      def element_path(id, prefix_options = {}, query_options = nil)
+        check_prefix_options(prefix_options)
+
+        prefix_options, query_options = split_options(prefix_options) if query_options.nil?
+        "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}/#{URI.parser.escape id.to_s}#{format_extension}#{query_string(query_options)}"
+      end
+
+      # Gets the new element path for REST resources.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # * +prefix_options+ - A hash to add a prefix to the request for nested URLs (e.g., <tt>:account_id => 19</tt>
+      # would yield a URL like <tt>/accounts/19/purchases/new.json</tt>).
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Post.new_element_path
+      #   # => /posts/new.json
+      #
+      #   class Comment < ActiveResource::Base
+      #     self.site = "https://37s.sunrise.com/posts/:post_id"
+      #   end
+      #
+      #   Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5)
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments/new.json
+      def new_element_path(prefix_options = {})
+        "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}/new#{format_extension}"
+      end
+
+      # Gets the collection path for the REST resources. If the +query_options+ parameter is omitted, Rails
+      # will split from the +prefix_options+.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # * +prefix_options+ - A hash to add a prefix to the request for nested URLs (e.g., <tt>:account_id => 19</tt>
+      #   would yield a URL like <tt>/accounts/19/purchases.json</tt>).
+      # * +query_options+ - A hash to add items to the query string for the request.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Post.collection_path
+      #   # => /posts.json
+      #
+      #   Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5)
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments.json
+      #
+      #   Comment.collection_path(:post_id => 5, :active => 1)
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments.json?active=1
+      #
+      #   Comment.collection_path({:post_id => 5}, {:active => 1})
+      #   # => /posts/5/comments.json?active=1
+      #
+      def collection_path(prefix_options = {}, query_options = nil)
+        check_prefix_options(prefix_options)
+        prefix_options, query_options = split_options(prefix_options) if query_options.nil?
+        "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}#{format_extension}#{query_string(query_options)}"
+      end
+
+      alias_method :set_primary_key, :primary_key=  #:nodoc:
+
+      # Builds a new, unsaved record using the default values from the remote server so
+      # that it can be used with RESTful forms.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # * +attributes+ - A hash that overrides the default values from the server.
+      #
+      # Returns the new resource instance.
+      #
+      def build(attributes = {})
+        attrs = self.format.decode(connection.get("#{new_element_path(attributes)}", headers).body).merge(attributes)
+        self.new(attrs)
+      end
+
+      # Creates a new resource instance and makes a request to the remote service
+      # that it be saved, making it equivalent to the following simultaneous calls:
+      #
+      #   ryan = Person.new(:first => 'ryan')
+      #   ryan.save
+      #
+      # Returns the newly created resource. If a failure has occurred an
+      # exception will be raised (see <tt>save</tt>). If the resource is invalid and
+      # has not been saved then <tt>valid?</tt> will return <tt>false</tt>,
+      # while <tt>new?</tt> will still return <tt>true</tt>.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Person.create(:name => 'Jeremy', :email => 'myname@nospam.com', :enabled => true)
+      #   my_person = Person.find(:first)
+      #   my_person.email # => myname@nospam.com
+      #
+      #   dhh = Person.create(:name => 'David', :email => 'dhh@nospam.com', :enabled => true)
+      #   dhh.valid? # => true
+      #   dhh.new?   # => false
+      #
+      #   # We'll assume that there's a validation that requires the name attribute
+      #   that_guy = Person.create(:name => '', :email => 'thatguy@nospam.com', :enabled => true)
+      #   that_guy.valid? # => false
+      #   that_guy.new?   # => true
+      def create(attributes = {})
+        self.new(attributes).tap { |resource| resource.save }
+      end
+
+      # Creates a new resource (just like <tt>create</tt>) and makes a request to the
+      # remote service that it be saved, but runs validations and raises
+      # <tt>ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid</tt>, making it equivalent to the following
+      # simultaneous calls:
+      #
+      #   ryan = Person.new(:first => 'ryan')
+      #   ryan.save!
+      def create!(attributes = {})
+        self.new(attributes).tap { |resource| resource.save! }
+      end
+
+      # Core method for finding resources. Used similarly to Active Record's +find+ method.
+      #
+      # ==== Arguments
+      # The first argument is considered to be the scope of the query. That is, how many
+      # resources are returned from the request. It can be one of the following.
+      #
+      # * <tt>:one</tt> - Returns a single resource.
+      # * <tt>:first</tt> - Returns the first resource found.
+      # * <tt>:last</tt> - Returns the last resource found.
+      # * <tt>:all</tt> - Returns every resource that matches the request.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      #
+      # * <tt>:from</tt> - Sets the path or custom method that resources will be fetched from.
+      # * <tt>:params</tt> - Sets query and \prefix (nested URL) parameters.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Person.find(1)
+      #   # => GET /people/1.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:all)
+      #   # => GET /people.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:all, :params => { :title => "CEO" })
+      #   # => GET /people.json?title=CEO
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:first, :from => :managers)
+      #   # => GET /people/managers.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:last, :from => :managers)
+      #   # => GET /people/managers.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:all, :from => "/companies/1/people.json")
+      #   # => GET /companies/1/people.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:one, :from => :leader)
+      #   # => GET /people/leader.json
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:all, :from => :developers, :params => { :language => 'ruby' })
+      #   # => GET /people/developers.json?language=ruby
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:one, :from => "/companies/1/manager.json")
+      #   # => GET /companies/1/manager.json
+      #
+      #   StreetAddress.find(1, :params => { :person_id => 1 })
+      #   # => GET /people/1/street_addresses/1.json
+      #
+      # == Failure or missing data
+      # A failure to find the requested object raises a ResourceNotFound
+      # exception if the find was called with an id.
+      # With any other scope, find returns nil when no data is returned.
+      #
+      #   Person.find(1)
+      #   # => raises ResourceNotFound
+      #
+      #   Person.find(:all)
+      #   Person.find(:first)
+      #   Person.find(:last)
+      #   # => nil
+      def find(*arguments)
+        scope   = arguments.slice!(0)
+        options = arguments.slice!(0) || {}
+
+        case scope
+          when :all   then find_every(options)
+          when :first then find_every(options).to_a.first
+          when :last  then find_every(options).to_a.last
+          when :one   then find_one(options)
+          else             find_single(scope, options)
+        end
+      end
+
+
+      # A convenience wrapper for <tt>find(:first, *args)</tt>. You can pass
+      # in all the same arguments to this method as you can to
+      # <tt>find(:first)</tt>.
+      def first(*args)
+        find(:first, *args)
+      end
+
+      # A convenience wrapper for <tt>find(:last, *args)</tt>. You can pass
+      # in all the same arguments to this method as you can to
+      # <tt>find(:last)</tt>.
+      def last(*args)
+        find(:last, *args)
+      end
+
+      # This is an alias for find(:all). You can pass in all the same
+      # arguments to this method as you can to <tt>find(:all)</tt>
+      def all(*args)
+        find(:all, *args)
+      end
+
+      def where(clauses = {})
+        raise ArgumentError, "expected a clauses Hash, got #{clauses.inspect}" unless clauses.is_a? Hash
+        find(:all, :params => clauses)
+      end
+
+
+      # Deletes the resources with the ID in the +id+ parameter.
+      #
+      # ==== Options
+      # All options specify \prefix and query parameters.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Event.delete(2) # sends DELETE /events/2
+      #
+      #   Event.create(:name => 'Free Concert', :location => 'Community Center')
+      #   my_event = Event.find(:first) # let's assume this is event with ID 7
+      #   Event.delete(my_event.id) # sends DELETE /events/7
+      #
+      #   # Let's assume a request to events/5/cancel.json
+      #   Event.delete(params[:id]) # sends DELETE /events/5
+      def delete(id, options = {})
+        connection.delete(element_path(id, options), headers)
+      end
+
+      # Asserts the existence of a resource, returning <tt>true</tt> if the resource is found.
+      #
+      # ==== Examples
+      #   Note.create(:title => 'Hello, world.', :body => 'Nothing more for now...')
+      #   Note.exists?(1) # => true
+      #
+      #   Note.exists(1349) # => false
+      def exists?(id, options = {})
+        if id
+          prefix_options, query_options = split_options(options[:params])
+          path = element_path(id, prefix_options, query_options)
+          response = connection.head(path, headers)
+          (200..206).include? response.code
+        end
+        # id && !find_single(id, options).nil?
+      rescue ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound, ActiveResource::ResourceGone
+        false
+      end
+
+      private
+
+        def check_prefix_options(prefix_options)
+          p_options = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(prefix_options)
+          prefix_parameters.each do |p|
+            raise(MissingPrefixParam, "#{p} prefix_option is missing") if p_options[p].blank?
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Find every resource
+        def find_every(options)
+          begin
+            case from = options[:from]
+            when Symbol
+              instantiate_collection(get(from, options[:params]), options[:params])
+            when String
+              path = "#{from}#{query_string(options[:params])}"
+              instantiate_collection(format.decode(connection.get(path, headers).body) || [], options[:params])
+            else
+              prefix_options, query_options = split_options(options[:params])
+              path = collection_path(prefix_options, query_options)
+              instantiate_collection( (format.decode(connection.get(path, headers).body) || []), query_options, prefix_options )
+            end
+          rescue ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound
+            # Swallowing ResourceNotFound exceptions and return nil - as per
+            # ActiveRecord.
+            nil
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Find a single resource from a one-off URL
+        def find_one(options)
+          case from = options[:from]
+          when Symbol
+            instantiate_record(get(from, options[:params]))
+          when String
+            path = "#{from}#{query_string(options[:params])}"
+            instantiate_record(format.decode(connection.get(path, headers).body))
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Find a single resource from the default URL
+        def find_single(scope, options)
+          prefix_options, query_options = split_options(options[:params])
+          path = element_path(scope, prefix_options, query_options)
+          instantiate_record(format.decode(connection.get(path, headers).body), prefix_options)
+        end
+
+        def instantiate_collection(collection, original_params = {}, prefix_options = {})
+          collection_parser.new(collection).tap do |parser|
+            parser.resource_class  = self
+            parser.original_params = original_params
+          end.collect! { |record| instantiate_record(record, prefix_options) }
+        end
+
+        def instantiate_record(record, prefix_options = {})
+          new(record, true).tap do |resource|
+            resource.prefix_options = prefix_options
+          end
+        end
+
+
+        # Accepts a URI and creates the site URI from that.
+        def create_site_uri_from(site)
+          site.is_a?(URI) ? site.dup : URI.parse(site)
+        end
+
+        # Accepts a URI and creates the proxy URI from that.
+        def create_proxy_uri_from(proxy)
+          proxy.is_a?(URI) ? proxy.dup : URI.parse(proxy)
+        end
+
+        # contains a set of the current prefix parameters.
+        def prefix_parameters
+          @prefix_parameters ||= prefix_source.scan(/:\w+/).map { |key| key[1..-1].to_sym }.to_set
+        end
+
+        # Builds the query string for the request.
+        def query_string(options)
+          "?#{options.to_query}" unless options.nil? || options.empty?
+        end
+
+        # split an option hash into two hashes, one containing the prefix options,
+        # and the other containing the leftovers.
+        def split_options(options = {})
+          prefix_options, query_options = {}, {}
+
+          (options || {}).each do |key, value|
+            next if key.blank? || !key.respond_to?(:to_sym)
+            (prefix_parameters.include?(key.to_sym) ? prefix_options : query_options)[key.to_sym] = value
+          end
+
+          [ prefix_options, query_options ]
+        end
+    end
+
+    attr_accessor :attributes #:nodoc:
+    attr_accessor :prefix_options #:nodoc:
+
+    # If no schema has been defined for the class (see
+    # <tt>ActiveResource::schema=</tt>), the default automatic schema is
+    # generated from the current instance's attributes
+    def schema
+      self.class.schema || self.attributes
+    end
+
+    # This is a list of known attributes for this resource. Either
+    # gathered from the provided <tt>schema</tt>, or from the attributes
+    # set on this instance after it has been fetched from the remote system.
+    def known_attributes
+      (self.class.known_attributes + self.attributes.keys.map(&:to_s)).uniq
+    end
+
+
+    # Constructor method for \new resources; the optional +attributes+ parameter takes a \hash
+    # of attributes for the \new resource.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_course = Course.new
+    #   my_course.name = "Western Civilization"
+    #   my_course.lecturer = "Don Trotter"
+    #   my_course.save
+    #
+    #   my_other_course = Course.new(:name => "Philosophy: Reason and Being", :lecturer => "Ralph Cling")
+    #   my_other_course.save
+    def initialize(attributes = {}, persisted = false)
+      @attributes     = {}.with_indifferent_access
+      @prefix_options = {}
+      @persisted = persisted
+      load(attributes, false, persisted)
+    end
+
+    # Returns a \clone of the resource that hasn't been assigned an +id+ yet and
+    # is treated as a \new resource.
+    #
+    #   ryan = Person.find(1)
+    #   not_ryan = ryan.clone
+    #   not_ryan.new?  # => true
+    #
+    # Any active resource member attributes will NOT be cloned, though all other
+    # attributes are. This is to prevent the conflict between any +prefix_options+
+    # that refer to the original parent resource and the newly cloned parent
+    # resource that does not exist.
+    #
+    #   ryan = Person.find(1)
+    #   ryan.address = StreetAddress.find(1, :person_id => ryan.id)
+    #   ryan.hash = {:not => "an ARes instance"}
+    #
+    #   not_ryan = ryan.clone
+    #   not_ryan.new?            # => true
+    #   not_ryan.address         # => NoMethodError
+    #   not_ryan.hash            # => {:not => "an ARes instance"}
+    def clone
+      # Clone all attributes except the pk and any nested ARes
+      cloned = Hash[attributes.reject {|k,v| k == self.class.primary_key || v.is_a?(ActiveResource::Base)}.map { |k, v| [k, v.clone] }]
+      # Form the new resource - bypass initialize of resource with 'new' as that will call 'load' which
+      # attempts to convert hashes into member objects and arrays into collections of objects. We want
+      # the raw objects to be cloned so we bypass load by directly setting the attributes hash.
+      resource = self.class.new({})
+      resource.prefix_options = self.prefix_options
+      resource.send :instance_variable_set, '@attributes', cloned
+      resource
+    end
+
+
+    # Returns +true+ if this object hasn't yet been saved, otherwise, returns +false+.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   not_new = Computer.create(:brand => 'Apple', :make => 'MacBook', :vendor => 'MacMall')
+    #   not_new.new? # => false
+    #
+    #   is_new = Computer.new(:brand => 'IBM', :make => 'Thinkpad', :vendor => 'IBM')
+    #   is_new.new? # => true
+    #
+    #   is_new.save
+    #   is_new.new? # => false
+    #
+    def new?
+      !persisted?
+    end
+    alias :new_record? :new?
+
+    # Returns +true+ if this object has been saved, otherwise returns +false+.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   persisted = Computer.create(:brand => 'Apple', :make => 'MacBook', :vendor => 'MacMall')
+    #   persisted.persisted? # => true
+    #
+    #   not_persisted = Computer.new(:brand => 'IBM', :make => 'Thinkpad', :vendor => 'IBM')
+    #   not_persisted.persisted? # => false
+    #
+    #   not_persisted.save
+    #   not_persisted.persisted? # => true
+    #
+    def persisted?
+      @persisted
+    end
+
+    # Gets the <tt>\id</tt> attribute of the resource.
+    def id
+      attributes[self.class.primary_key]
+    end
+
+    # Sets the <tt>\id</tt> attribute of the resource.
+    def id=(id)
+      attributes[self.class.primary_key] = id
+    end
+
+    # Test for equality. Resource are equal if and only if +other+ is the same object or
+    # is an instance of the same class, is not <tt>new?</tt>, and has the same +id+.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   ryan = Person.create(:name => 'Ryan')
+    #   jamie = Person.create(:name => 'Jamie')
+    #
+    #   ryan == jamie
+    #   # => false (Different name attribute and id)
+    #
+    #   ryan_again = Person.new(:name => 'Ryan')
+    #   ryan == ryan_again
+    #   # => false (ryan_again is new?)
+    #
+    #   ryans_clone = Person.create(:name => 'Ryan')
+    #   ryan == ryans_clone
+    #   # => false (Different id attributes)
+    #
+    #   ryans_twin = Person.find(ryan.id)
+    #   ryan == ryans_twin
+    #   # => true
+    #
+    def ==(other)
+      other.equal?(self) || (other.instance_of?(self.class) && other.id == id && other.prefix_options == prefix_options)
+    end
+
+    # Tests for equality (delegates to ==).
+    def eql?(other)
+      self == other
+    end
+
+    # Delegates to id in order to allow two resources of the same type and \id to work with something like:
+    #   [(a = Person.find 1), (b = Person.find 2)] & [(c = Person.find 1), (d = Person.find 4)] # => [a]
+    def hash
+      id.hash
+    end
+
+    # Duplicates the current resource without saving it.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_invoice = Invoice.create(:customer => 'That Company')
+    #   next_invoice = my_invoice.dup
+    #   next_invoice.new? # => true
+    #
+    #   next_invoice.save
+    #   next_invoice == my_invoice # => false (different id attributes)
+    #
+    #   my_invoice.customer   # => That Company
+    #   next_invoice.customer # => That Company
+    def dup
+      self.class.new.tap do |resource|
+        resource.attributes     = @attributes
+        resource.prefix_options = @prefix_options
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Saves (+POST+) or \updates (+PUT+) a resource. Delegates to +create+ if the object is \new,
+    # +update+ if it exists. If the response to the \save includes a body, it will be assumed that this body
+    # is Json for the final object as it looked after the \save (which would include attributes like +created_at+
+    # that weren't part of the original submit).
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_company = Company.new(:name => 'RoleModel Software', :owner => 'Ken Auer', :size => 2)
+    #   my_company.new? # => true
+    #   my_company.save # sends POST /companies/ (create)
+    #
+    #   my_company.new? # => false
+    #   my_company.size = 10
+    #   my_company.save # sends PUT /companies/1 (update)
+    def save
+      run_callbacks :save do
+        new? ? create : update
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Saves the resource.
+    #
+    # If the resource is new, it is created via +POST+, otherwise the
+    # existing resource is updated via +PUT+.
+    #
+    # With <tt>save!</tt> validations always run. If any of them fail
+    # ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid gets raised, and nothing is POSTed to
+    # the remote system.
+    # See ActiveResource::Validations for more information.
+    #
+    # There's a series of callbacks associated with <tt>save!</tt>. If any
+    # of the <tt>before_*</tt> callbacks return +false+ the action is
+    # cancelled and <tt>save!</tt> raises ActiveResource::ResourceInvalid.
+    def save!
+      save || raise(ResourceInvalid.new(self))
+    end
+
+    # Deletes the resource from the remote service.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_id = 3
+    #   my_person = Person.find(my_id)
+    #   my_person.destroy
+    #   Person.find(my_id) # 404 (Resource Not Found)
+    #
+    #   new_person = Person.create(:name => 'James')
+    #   new_id = new_person.id # => 7
+    #   new_person.destroy
+    #   Person.find(new_id) # 404 (Resource Not Found)
+    def destroy
+      run_callbacks :destroy do
+        connection.delete(element_path, self.class.headers)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Evaluates to <tt>true</tt> if this resource is not <tt>new?</tt> and is
+    # found on the remote service. Using this method, you can check for
+    # resources that may have been deleted between the object's instantiation
+    # and actions on it.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   Person.create(:name => 'Theodore Roosevelt')
+    #   that_guy = Person.find(:first)
+    #   that_guy.exists? # => true
+    #
+    #   that_lady = Person.new(:name => 'Paul Bean')
+    #   that_lady.exists? # => false
+    #
+    #   guys_id = that_guy.id
+    #   Person.delete(guys_id)
+    #   that_guy.exists? # => false
+    def exists?
+      !new? && self.class.exists?(to_param, :params => prefix_options)
+    end
+
+    # Returns the serialized string representation of the resource in the configured
+    # serialization format specified in ActiveResource::Base.format. The options
+    # applicable depend on the configured encoding format.
+    def encode(options={})
+      send("to_#{self.class.format.extension}", options)
+    end
+
+    # A method to \reload the attributes of this object from the remote web service.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_branch = Branch.find(:first)
+    #   my_branch.name # => "Wislon Raod"
+    #
+    #   # Another client fixes the typo...
+    #
+    #   my_branch.name # => "Wislon Raod"
+    #   my_branch.reload
+    #   my_branch.name # => "Wilson Road"
+    def reload
+      self.load(self.class.find(to_param, :params => @prefix_options).attributes, false, true)
+    end
+
+    # A method to manually load attributes from a \hash. Recursively loads collections of
+    # resources. This method is called in +initialize+ and +create+ when a \hash of attributes
+    # is provided.
+    #
+    # ==== Examples
+    #   my_attrs = {:name => 'J&J Textiles', :industry => 'Cloth and textiles'}
+    #   my_attrs = {:name => 'Marty', :colors => ["red", "green", "blue"]}
+    #
+    #   the_supplier = Supplier.find(:first)
+    #   the_supplier.name # => 'J&M Textiles'
+    #   the_supplier.load(my_attrs)
+    #   the_supplier.name('J&J Textiles')
+    #
+    #   # These two calls are the same as Supplier.new(my_attrs)
+    #   my_supplier = Supplier.new
+    #   my_supplier.load(my_attrs)
+    #
+    #   # These three calls are the same as Supplier.create(my_attrs)
+    #   your_supplier = Supplier.new
+    #   your_supplier.load(my_attrs)
+    #   your_supplier.save
+    def load(attributes, remove_root = false, persisted = false)
+      raise ArgumentError, "expected an attributes Hash, got #{attributes.inspect}" unless attributes.is_a?(Hash)
+      @prefix_options, attributes = split_options(attributes)
+
+      if attributes.keys.size == 1
+        remove_root = self.class.element_name == attributes.keys.first.to_s
+      end
+
+      attributes = Formats.remove_root(attributes) if remove_root
+
+      attributes.each do |key, value|
+        @attributes[key.to_s] =
+          case value
+            when Array
+              resource = nil
+              value.map do |attrs|
+                if attrs.is_a?(Hash)
+                  resource ||= find_or_create_resource_for_collection(key)
+                  resource.new(attrs, persisted)
+                else
+                  attrs.duplicable? ? attrs.dup : attrs
+                end
+              end
+            when Hash
+              resource = find_or_create_resource_for(key)
+              resource.new(value, persisted)
+            else
+              value.duplicable? ? value.dup : value
+          end
+      end
+      self
+    end
+
+    # Updates a single attribute and then saves the object.
+    #
+    # Note: <tt>Unlike ActiveRecord::Base.update_attribute</tt>, this method <b>is</b>
+    # subject to normal validation routines as an update sends the whole body
+    # of the resource in the request. (See Validations).
+    #
+    # As such, this method is equivalent to calling update_attributes with a single attribute/value pair.
+    #
+    # If the saving fails because of a connection or remote service error, an
+    # exception will be raised. If saving fails because the resource is
+    # invalid then <tt>false</tt> will be returned.
+    def update_attribute(name, value)
+      self.send("#{name}=".to_sym, value)
+      self.save
+    end
+
+    # Updates this resource with all the attributes from the passed-in Hash
+    # and requests that the record be saved.
+    #
+    # If the saving fails because of a connection or remote service error, an
+    # exception will be raised. If saving fails because the resource is
+    # invalid then <tt>false</tt> will be returned.
+    #
+    # Note: Though this request can be made with a partial set of the
+    # resource's attributes, the full body of the request will still be sent
+    # in the save request to the remote service.
+    def update_attributes(attributes)
+      load(attributes, false) && save
+    end
+
+    # For checking <tt>respond_to?</tt> without searching the attributes (which is faster).
+    alias_method :respond_to_without_attributes?, :respond_to?
+
+    # A method to determine if an object responds to a message (e.g., a method call). In Active Resource, a Person object with a
+    # +name+ attribute can answer <tt>true</tt> to <tt>my_person.respond_to?(:name)</tt>, <tt>my_person.respond_to?(:name=)</tt>, and
+    # <tt>my_person.respond_to?(:name?)</tt>.
+    def respond_to_missing?(method, include_priv = false)
+      method_name = method.to_s
+      if attributes.nil?
+        super
+      elsif known_attributes.include?(method_name)
+        true
+      elsif method_name =~ /(?:=|\?)$/ && attributes.include?($`)
+        true
+      else
+        # super must be called at the end of the method, because the inherited respond_to?
+        # would return true for generated readers, even if the attribute wasn't present
+        super
+      end
+    end
+
+    def to_json(options={})
+      super(include_root_in_json ? { :root => self.class.element_name }.merge(options) : options)
+    end
+
+    def to_xml(options={})
+      super({ :root => self.class.element_name }.merge(options))
+    end
+
+    protected
+      def connection(refresh = false)
+        self.class.connection(refresh)
+      end
+
+      # Update the resource on the remote service.
+      def update
+        run_callbacks :update do
+          connection.put(element_path(prefix_options), encode, self.class.headers).tap do |response|
+            load_attributes_from_response(response)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Create (i.e., \save to the remote service) the \new resource.
+      def create
+        run_callbacks :create do
+          connection.post(collection_path, encode, self.class.headers).tap do |response|
+            self.id = id_from_response(response)
+            load_attributes_from_response(response)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def load_attributes_from_response(response)
+        if (response_code_allows_body?(response.code) &&
+            (response['Content-Length'].nil? || response['Content-Length'] != "0") &&
+            !response.body.nil? && response.body.strip.size > 0)
+          load(self.class.format.decode(response.body), true, true)
+          @persisted = true
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Takes a response from a typical create post and pulls the ID out
+      def id_from_response(response)
+        response['Location'][/\/([^\/]*?)(\.\w+)?$/, 1] if response['Location']
+      end
+
+      def element_path(options = nil)
+        self.class.element_path(to_param, options || prefix_options)
+      end
+
+      def new_element_path
+        self.class.new_element_path(prefix_options)
+      end
+
+      def collection_path(options = nil)
+        self.class.collection_path(options || prefix_options)
+      end
+
+    private
+
+      def read_attribute_for_serialization(n)
+        attributes[n]
+      end
+
+      # Determine whether the response is allowed to have a body per HTTP 1.1 spec section 4.4.1
+      def response_code_allows_body?(c)
+        !((100..199).include?(c) || [204,304].include?(c))
+      end
+
+      # Tries to find a resource for a given collection name; if it fails, then the resource is created
+      def find_or_create_resource_for_collection(name)
+        return reflections[name.to_sym].klass if reflections.key?(name.to_sym)
+        find_or_create_resource_for(ActiveSupport::Inflector.singularize(name.to_s))
+      end
+
+      # Tries to find a resource in a non empty list of nested modules
+      # if it fails, then the resource is created
+      def find_or_create_resource_in_modules(resource_name, module_names)
+        receiver = Object
+        namespaces = module_names[0, module_names.size-1].map do |module_name|
+          receiver = receiver.const_get(module_name)
+        end
+        const_args = [resource_name, false]
+        if namespace = namespaces.reverse.detect { |ns| ns.const_defined?(*const_args) }
+          namespace.const_get(*const_args)
+        else
+          create_resource_for(resource_name)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Tries to find a resource for a given name; if it fails, then the resource is created
+      def find_or_create_resource_for(name)
+        return reflections[name.to_sym].klass if reflections.key?(name.to_sym)
+        resource_name = name.to_s.camelize
+
+        const_args = [resource_name, false]
+        if self.class.const_defined?(*const_args)
+          self.class.const_get(*const_args)
+        else
+          ancestors = self.class.name.to_s.split("::")
+          if ancestors.size > 1
+            find_or_create_resource_in_modules(resource_name, ancestors)
+          else
+            if Object.const_defined?(*const_args)
+              Object.const_get(*const_args)
+            else
+              create_resource_for(resource_name)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Create and return a class definition for a resource inside the current resource
+      def create_resource_for(resource_name)
+        resource = self.class.const_set(resource_name, Class.new(ActiveResource::Base))
+        resource.prefix = self.class.prefix
+        resource.site   = self.class.site
+        resource
+      end
+
+      def split_options(options = {})
+        self.class.__send__(:split_options, options)
+      end
+
+      def method_missing(method_symbol, *arguments) #:nodoc:
+        method_name = method_symbol.to_s
+
+        if method_name =~ /(=|\?)$/
+          case $1
+          when "="
+            attributes[$`] = arguments.first
+          when "?"
+            attributes[$`]
+          end
+        else
+          return attributes[method_name] if attributes.include?(method_name)
+          # not set right now but we know about it
+          return nil if known_attributes.include?(method_name)
+          super
+        end
+      end
+  end
+
+  class Base
+    extend ActiveModel::Naming
+    extend ActiveResource::Associations
+
+    include Callbacks, CustomMethods, Validations
+    include ActiveModel::Conversion
+    include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+    include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
+    include ActiveResource::Reflection
+  end
+
+  ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:active_resource, Base)
+end