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- (void)setupObjectMapping {
//    RKObjectMapping* channelMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[Channel class]];
//    [channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"id" toAttribute:@"identifier"];
//    [channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"name" toAttribute:@"name"];
//    //[channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"created_at" toAttribute:@"createdAt"];
//    //[channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"updated_at" toAttribute:@"updatedAt"];
//    [channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"num_of_listeners" toAttribute:@"numOfListeners"];
    
    RKObjectMapping* channelMapping = [RKObjectMapping mappingForClass:[Channel class] ];
    channelMapping.forceCollectionMapping = YES;
    [channelMapping mapKeyOfNestedDictionaryToAttribute:@"identifier"];
    [channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"(identifier).name" toAttribute:@"name"];
    [channelMapping mapKeyPath:@"(identifier).num_of_listeners" toAttribute:@"numOfListeners"];
    
    //object mapping for GETs
    [[RKObjectManager sharedManager].mappingProvider setMapping:channelMapping forKeyPath:@"channels"];
    
    //set up object serialization for POSTing back to rails
    RKObjectMapping* channelSerializationMapping = [channelMapping inverseMapping];
    [RKObjectManager sharedManager].serializationMIMEType = RKMIMETypeJSON;
    //manager.acceptMIMEType = RKMIMETypeJSON; 
    [[RKObjectManager sharedManager].mappingProvider setSerializationMapping:channelSerializationMapping forClass:[Channel class]];
    
}