2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 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)
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
index 1a1b376d3a..e4f733cf70 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ module ActiveResource
     end
 
     def initialize(site)
-      self.site = site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Missing site URI' unless site
+      self.site = site
     end
-    
+
     def site=(site)
       @site = site.is_a?(URI) ? site : URI.parse(site)
     end
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ module ActiveResource
 
     private
       def request(method, path, *arguments)
-        logger.info "requesting #{method.to_s.upcase} #{site.scheme}://#{site.host}:#{site.port}#{path}" if logger
+        logger.info "#{method.to_s.upcase} #{site.scheme}://#{site.host}:#{site.port}#{path}" if logger
         result = nil
         time = Benchmark.realtime { result = http.send(method, path, *arguments) }
         logger.info "--> #{result.code} #{result.message} (#{result.body.length}b %.2fs)" % time if logger