1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 5d72d98be6..07933d499b 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module ActiveResource
     end
 
     def destroy
-      connection.delete(self.class.element_path(id, prefix_options))
+      connection.delete(element_path)
     end
 
     def to_xml(options={})
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ module ActiveResource
       end
 
       def update
-        connection.put(self.class.element_path(id, prefix_options), to_xml)
+        connection.put(element_path, to_xml)
         true
       end
 
       def create
-        resp = connection.post(self.class.collection_path(prefix_options), to_xml)
+        resp = connection.post(collection_path, to_xml)
         self.id = id_from_response(resp)
         true
       end
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ module ActiveResource
         response['Location'][/\/([^\/]*?)(\.\w+)?$/, 1]
       end
 
+      def element_path(options = nil)
+        self.class.element_path(id, options || prefix_options)
+      end
+
+      def collection_path(options = nil)
+        self.class.collection_path(options || prefix_options)
+      end
+
     private
       def find_or_create_resource_for_collection(name)
         find_or_create_resource_for(name.to_s.singularize)