gistfile1.txt

## Data returned when you go to http://localhost:8080/Class/Class ##
({"id":"Class",
"data":{"$ref":""},
"description":"Classes in the system, every class has a table of the instances of the class",
"properties":{
	},
"prototype":{"$ref":"../s$0"}
})

## ActiveResource Model ##
class Persevere < ActiveResource::Base
  self.site = 'http://localhost:8080'
  self.element_name = 'Class'
  self.format = :json
  
  # overriding element_path to omit the extension and make the collection_name singular
  def self.element_path(id, prefix_options = {}, query_options = nil)
    prefix_options, query_options = split_options(prefix_options) if query_options.nil?
    # original: "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}/#{id}.#{format.extension}#{query_string(query_options)}"
    "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name.classify}/#{id}#{query_string(query_options)}"
  end
  
  # overriding the collection_path to omit the extension and make the collection_name singular
  def self.collection_path(prefix_options = {}, query_options = nil)
     prefix_options, query_options = split_options(prefix_options) if query_options.nil?
     # original: "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name}.#{format.extension}#{query_string(query_options)}"
     "#{prefix(prefix_options)}#{collection_name.classify}#{query_string(query_options)}"
  end
end

## Console Output Without Monkeying with ActiveResource ##
~/Rails/persevere $ sc
Loading development environment (Rails 2.2.2)
>> Persevere.find('Class')
TypeError: allocator undefined for Data
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:950:in `new'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:950:in `load'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:941:in `each'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:941:in `load'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:653:in `initialize'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:601:in `new'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:601:in `instantiate_record'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:593:in `find_single'
	from /Users/pol/Rails/persevere/vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb:521:in `find'
	from (irb):1

## Modify vendor/rails/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb with the following inserted at Line 942 ##
        key = :pdata if key.to_s == 'data'

## New Console Output After Monkeying With ActiveResource ##
~/Rails/persevere $ sc
Loading development environment (Rails 2.2.2)
>> Persevere.find('Class')
=> #<Persevere:0x243a9e8 @attributes={"pdata"=>#<Persevere::Pdata:0x2428e28 @attributes={"$ref"=>""}, @prefix_options={}>, "id"=>"Class", "description"=>"Classes in the system, every class has a table of the instances of the class", "prototype"=>#<Persevere::Prototype:0x242bfb0 @attributes={"$ref"=>"../s$0"}, @prefix_options={}>, "properties"=>#<Persevere::Properties:0x2426b64 @attributes={}, @prefix_options={}>}, @prefix_options={}>