using fixtures with merb

# spec_helper.rb
# Helper method to adding the fixtures into the tests
def fixtures(*files)
  files.each do |file|
    klass = begin
      Kernel::const_get(
          Extlib::Inflection.classify(
                Extlib::Inflection.singularize(file.to_s)))
    rescue
      nil
    end

    entries = YAML::load_file(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/fixtures/#{file}.yml")

    # do a migrate to create the table to clear the records
    klass.auto_migrate!
    created_objs = {}
    entries.each do |name, entry|
      created_objs[name] = klass.create(entry)
    end
    self.instance_variable_set("@#{file}", created_objs) 
    self.class.class_eval do
      define_method(file) do |key|
        self.instance_variable_get("@#{file}")[key.to_s] 
      end
    end
  end
end