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BasicDAO.scala

salat:master:0.0.8-SNAPSHOT> project salat-core        
[info] Set current project to salat-core (in build file:/home/rose/workspace/salat/)
salat-core:master:0.0.8-SNAPSHOT> test:console 
[info] Starting scala interpreter...
[info] 
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scala> import com.novus.salat._  
import com.novus.salat._

scala> import com.novus.salat.global._ // puts the default Salat context in scope  
import com.novus.salat.global._

scala> import com.novus.salat.dao._
import com.novus.salat.dao._

scala> import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._
import com.mongodb.casbah.Imports._

scala> class BasicDAO[ObjectType <: AnyRef, ID <: Any](collectionName: String)(implicit mot: Manifest[ObjectType], mid: Manifest[ID], ctx: Context) extends 
     | SalatDAO[ObjectType, ID](collection = MongoConnection()("rainbows")(collectionName))(mot, mid, ctx) 
defined class BasicDAO

scala> import com.novus.salat.test.dao.Theta // gives us a model object from salat's test package                
import com.novus.salat.test.dao.Theta

scala> object ThetaDAO extends BasicDAO[Theta, ObjectId](collectionName = "theta")               
defined module ThetaDAO

scala> ThetaDAO.description
res5: String = SalatDAO[Theta,ObjectId](theta)

scala> ThetaDAO.collection.db
res6: com.mongodb.casbah.MongoDB = rainbows

scala> ThetaDAO.collection.name
res7: java.lang.String = theta

scala> val _id = new ObjectId
_id: org.bson.types.ObjectId = 4f7f3cd44cea623bedd7c7bb

scala> val t = Theta(_id, "test", "ing")
t: com.novus.salat.test.dao.Theta = Theta(4f7f3cd44cea623bedd7c7bb,test,ing)

scala> ThetaDAO.insert(t)
res8: Option[com.mongodb.casbah.Imports.ObjectId] = Some(4f7f3cd44cea623bedd7c7bb)

scala> ThetaDAO.findOneByID(_id)
res9: Option[com.novus.salat.test.dao.Theta] = Some(Theta(4f7f3cd44cea623bedd7c7bb,test,ing))

scala> ThetaDAO.save(t.copy(y = "ed"))

scala> ThetaDAO.findOneByID(_id)      
res11: Option[com.novus.salat.test.dao.Theta] = Some(Theta(4f7f3cd44cea623bedd7c7bb,test,ed))