Message

message.coffee

db = require "../lib/db"
Q = require "q"
_ = require "lodash"

GROUP = "messages"

class Message
  constructor: (obj) ->
    # Assign all properties of the object to this.
    _.extend(this, obj)
    if obj.id is undefined
      @id = null

  save: =>
    Q(do =>
        if @id is null
          return db.getNewIdFor(GROUP).then (id) =>
            @id = id
            return this
        else
          return this
    ).then =>
      db.save GROUP, @id, this
    .then =>
      return this
    .catch (err) ->
      console.log "There was an error: #{err}"

  # This does't operate on an instance, it just returns
  # a message object from the database.
  get: (id) ->
    db.get GROUP, id
    .then (obj) ->
      msg = new Message(obj)


module.exports = Message