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-rw-r--r--activeresource/README.rdoc2
-rw-r--r--activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb8
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activeresource/README.rdoc b/activeresource/README.rdoc
index 02398d969d..0aaad1d097 100644
--- a/activeresource/README.rdoc
+++ b/activeresource/README.rdoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ that inherits from ActiveResource::Base and providing a <tt>site</tt> class vari
end
Now the Person class is REST enabled and can invoke REST services very similarly to how Active Record invokes
-lifecycle methods that operate against a persistent store.
+life cycle methods that operate against a persistent store.
# Find a person with id = 1
ryan = Person.find(1)
diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index a462f70684..7963aa462f 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ActiveResource
# end
#
# Now the Person class is mapped to RESTful resources located at <tt>http://api.people.com:3000/people/</tt>, and
- # you can now use Active Resource's lifecycle methods to manipulate resources. In the case where you already have
+ # you can now use Active Resource's life cycle methods to manipulate resources. In the case where you already have
# an existing model with the same name as the desired RESTful resource you can set the +element_name+ value.
#
# class PersonResource < ActiveResource::Base
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module ActiveResource
# end
#
#
- # == Lifecycle methods
+ # == Life cycle methods
#
# Active Resource exposes methods for creating, finding, updating, and deleting resources
# from REST web services.
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ module ActiveResource
#
# ryan.destroy # => true
#
- # As you can see, these are very similar to Active Record's lifecycle methods for database records.
+ # As you can see, these are very similar to Active Record's life cycle methods for database records.
# You can read more about each of these methods in their respective documentation.
#
# === Custom REST methods
#
- # Since simple CRUD/lifecycle methods can't accomplish every task, Active Resource also supports
+ # Since simple CRUD/life cycle methods can't accomplish every task, Active Resource also supports
# defining your own custom REST methods. To invoke them, Active Resource provides the <tt>get</tt>,
# <tt>post</tt>, <tt>put</tt> and <tt>\delete</tt> methods where you can specify a custom REST method
# name to invoke.