static-data.js

// A service object for managing access to static data.  

// How to inject this service
// staticData: Ember.inject.service('static-data'),

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Service.extend({

  // Setup the service with some data the first time it loads
  setup: Ember.on('init', function() {

    var usaStates = Ember.A([
      {name: "Alabama", code: "AL"},
      {name: "Montana", code: "MT"},
      {name: "Alaska", code: "AK"},
      {name: "Nebraska", code: "NE"},
      {name: "Arizona", code: "AZ"},
      {name: "Nevada", code: "NV"},
      {name: "Arkansas", code: "AR"},
      {name: "New Hampshire", code: "NH"},
      {name: "California", code: "CA"},
      {name: "New Jersey", code: "NJ"},
      {name: "Colorado", code: "CO"},
      {name: "New Mexico", code: "NM"},
      {name: "Connecticut", code: "CT"},
      {name: "New York", code: "NY"},
      {name: "Delaware", code: "DE"},
      {name: "North Carolina", code: "NC"},
      {name: "Florida", code: "FL"},
      {name: "North Dakota", code: "ND"},
      {name: "Georgia", code: "GA"},
      {name: "Ohio", code: "OH"},
      {name: "Hawaii", code: "HI"},
      {name: "Oklahoma", code: "OK"},
      {name: "Idaho", code: "ID"},
      {name: "Oregon", code: "OR"},
      {name: "Illinois", code: "IL"},
      {name: "Pennsylvania", code: "PA"},
      {name: "Indiana", code: "IN"},
      {name: "Rhode Island", code: "RI"},
      {name: "Iowa", code: "IA"},
      {name: "South Carolina", code: "SC"},
      {name: "Kansas", code: "KS"},
      {name: "South Dakota", code: "SD"},
      {name: "Kentucky", code: "KY"},
      {name: "Tennessee", code: "TN"},
      {name: "Louisiana", code: "LA"},
      {name: "Texas", code: "TX"},
      {name: "Maine", code: "ME"},
      {name: "Utah", code: "UT"},
      {name: "Maryland", code: "MD"},
      {name: "Vermont", code: "VT"},
      {name: "Massachusetts", code: "MA"},
      {name: "Virginia", code: "VA"},
      {name: "Michigan", code: "MI"},
      {name: "Washington", code: "WA"},
      {name: "Minnesota", code: "MN"},
      {name: "West Virginia", code: "WV"},
      {name: "Mississippi", code: "MS"},
      {name: "Wisconsin", code: "WI"},
      {name: "Missouri", code: "MO"},
      {name: "Wyoming", code: "WY"},
    ]); 

    this.set('usaStates', usaStates);
  }),  
  
  usaStates: Ember.A([]),

  lookupStateByCode: function(code){
    // implement method that finds state in usaStates and returns it
  },

  preferredStateCode: null, // set this somewhere when a user selects a state

  userSelectedState: Ember.computed('preferredStateCode', function() {
    var preferredStateCode = this.get('preferredStateCode');
    return this.lookupStateByCode(preferredStateCode);
  }),


});