Merge pull request #441 from jpfuentes2/igorsantos07-aliased_methods_in_serialization

Allows for aliased methods in serialization

Author: koenpunt

lib/Serialization.php

@@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ private function check_methods()
 		{
 			$this->options_to_a('methods');
 
-			foreach ($this->options['methods'] as $method)
+			foreach ($this->options['methods'] as $method => $name)
 			{
+				if (is_numeric($method))
+					$method = $name;
+
 				if (method_exists($this->model, $method))
-					$this->attributes[$method] = $this->model->$method();
+					$this->attributes[$name] = $this->model->$method();
 			}
 		}
 	}

test/SerializationTest.php

@@ -64,14 +64,21 @@ public function test_methods_takes_a_string()
 		$this->assert_equals('ANCIENT ART OF MAIN TANKING', $a['upper_name']);
 	}
 
-	// methods added last should we shuld have value of the method in our json
-	// rather than the regular attribute value
+	// methods should take precedence over attributes
 	public function test_methods_method_same_as_attribute()
 	{
 		$a = $this->_a(array('methods' => 'name'));
 		$this->assert_equals('ancient art of main tanking', $a['name']);
 	}
 
+	public function test_methods_method_alias()
+	{
+		$a = $this->_a(array('methods' => array('name' => 'alias_name')));
+		$this->assert_equals('ancient art of main tanking', $a['alias_name']);
+		$a = $this->_a(array('methods' => array('upper_name' => 'name')));
+		$this->assert_equals('ANCIENT ART OF MAIN TANKING', $a['name']);
+	}
+
 	public function test_include()
 	{
 		$a = $this->_a(array('include' => array('author')));