Add Base.delete for deleting resources without having to instantiate them first

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@5229 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activeresource/CHANGELOG b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
index 94481ae9ef..def1fd8ad4 100644
--- a/activeresource/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activeresource/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add Base.delete for deleting resources without having to instantiate them first. [Jamis Buck]
+
 * Make #save behavior mimic AR::Base#save (true on success, false on failure). [Jamis Buck]
 
 * Add Basic HTTP Authentication to ActiveResource (closes #6305). [jonathan]
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 656698fb25..40fd965487 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ module ActiveResource
         end
       end
 
+      def delete(id)
+        connection.delete(element_path(id))
+      end
+
       private
         # { :people => { :person => [ person1, person2 ] } }
         def find_every(options)
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
index dd017b71fa..685f9aa994 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base_test.rb
@@ -167,4 +167,8 @@ class BaseTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
     assert_raises(ActiveResource::ResourceNotFound) { StreetAddress.find(1, :person_id => 1).destroy }
   end
+
+  def test_delete
+    assert Person.delete(1)
+  end
 end