first working example, but only for creating

README

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+Stuffing
+========
+
+Introduction goes here.
+
+
+Example
+=======
+
+Example goes here.
+
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 [name of plugin creator], released under the MIT license

Rakefile

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+require 'rake'
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+
+desc 'Default: run specs.'
+task :default => :spec
+
+desc 'Run the specs'
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |t|
+  t.spec_opts = ['--colour --format progress --loadby mtime --reverse']
+  t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+end

autotest/discover.rb

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+$:.push(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), %w[.. .. rspec]))    
+
+Autotest.add_discovery do    
+  "rspec"   
+end  

init.rb

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+require 'stuffing'
+ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, Stuffing)

install.rb

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+# Install hook code here

lib/stuffing.rb

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+require 'ostruct'
+require 'couchrest'
+module Stuffing
+  def self.included(base) 
+    base.extend StuffingMethod
+  end
+
+  module StuffingMethod
+    def stuffing(method_name = :stuffing, options = {})
+
+      after_create :create_stuffing
+      after_update :update_stuffing
+      after_destroy :destroy_stuffing
+
+      class_eval do
+
+        @@database = options[:database] || "#{File.basename(RAILS_ROOT)}_#{RAILS_ENV}"
+        @@host = options[:host] || 'localhost'
+        @@port = options[:port] || 5984
+        @@method_name = method_name
+
+        def couchdb
+          connection = CouchRest.new("http://#{@@host}:#{@@port}")
+          connection.database!(@@database)
+        end
+
+        def couchdb_id
+          "#{self.class}-#{id}"
+        end
+
+        define_method(method_name) do
+          @stuffing ||= new_record? ? {} : couchdb.get(couchdb_id)
+        end
+
+        define_method("#{method_name}=") do |args|
+          @stuffing = args
+        end
+
+        def create_stuffing
+          couchdb.save({'_id' => couchdb_id}.merge(send(@@method_name)))
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec.opts

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+../../../../spec/spec.opts

spec/spec_helper.rb

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+begin
+  require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../../spec/spec_helper'
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "You need to install rspec in your base app"
+  exit
+end
+
+plugin_spec_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(plugin_spec_dir + "/debug.log")
+

spec/stuffing_spec.rb

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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+
+class Booja < ActiveRecord::Base
+  stuffing
+end
+
+describe do
+  before do
+    @booja = Booja.new
+    @booja.couchdb.delete!
+  end
+
+  it "should have a default stuffing of an empty Hash" do
+    @booja.stuffing.should == {}
+  end
+
+  it "should be able to set the stuffing" do
+    @booja.stuffing = 'hello'
+    @booja.stuffing.should == 'hello'
+  end
+
+  it "should give me the database" do
+    @booja.couchdb.should be_a_kind_of(CouchRest::Database)
+  end
+
+  it "should give me the database" do
+    @booja.couchdb.name.should == 'plugins_test'
+  end
+
+  it "should save the record to CouchDB" do
+    @booja.save
+    CouchRest.new('http://localhost:5984').database('plugins_test').get("Booja-#{@booja.id}").keys.should == ['_rev', '_id']
+  end
+
+  describe "updating" do
+    before do
+      @booja = Booja.new
+      @booja.couchdb.delete!
+      @booja.stuffing = {:this => 'that'}
+      @booja.save
+    end
+
+    it "should find the booja" do
+      @found_booja = Booja.find(@booja.id)
+      @found_booja.stuffing.keys.should == ['_id', '_rev', 'this']
+    end
+  end
+end

tasks/stuffing_tasks.rake

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+# desc "Explaining what the task does"
+# task :stuffing do
+#   # Task goes here
+# end

uninstall.rb

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+# Uninstall hook code here