Another way to define belongsTo

.npmignore

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+node_modules
+doc
+coverage.html
+coverage
+v8.log
+
+.DS_Store
+benchmark.js
+analyse.r
+docs/html

lib/model.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Module dependencies
  */
 var util = require('util');
+var i8n = require('inflection');
 var jutil = require('./jutil.js');
 var Validatable = require('./validations.js').Validatable;
 var List = require('./list.js');
@@ -863,13 +864,29 @@ AbstractClass.prototype.reset = function () {
  * @example `User.hasMany(Post, {as: 'posts', foreignKey: 'authorId'});`
  */
 AbstractClass.hasMany = function hasMany(anotherClass, params) {
-    var methodName = params.as; // or pluralize(anotherClass.modelName)
+    var thisClass = this, thisClassName = this.modelName;
-    var fk = params.foreignKey;
+    params = params || {};
+    if (typeof anotherClass === 'string') {
+        params.as = anotherClass;
+        if (params.model) {
+            anotherClass = params.model;
+        } else {
+            var anotherClassName = i8n.singularize(anotherClass).toLowerCase();
+            for(var name in this.schema.models) {
+                if (name.toLowerCase() === anotherClassName) {
+                    anotherClass = this.schema.models[name];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    var methodName = params.as ||
+        i8n.camelize(i8n.pluralize(anotherClass.modelName), true);
+    var fk = params.foreignKey || i8n.camelize(thisClassName + '_id', true);
 
     this.relations[params['as']] = {
         type: 'hasMany',
         keyFrom: 'id',
-        keyTo: params['foreignKey'],
+        keyTo: fk,
         modelTo: anotherClass,
         multiple: true
     };

package.json

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "./docs/man/model.3",
     "./docs/man/hooks.3",
     "./docs/man/validations.3",
-    "./docs/man/jugglingdb.3",
     "./docs/man/roadmap.3",
     "./docs/man/changelog.3"
   ],
@@ -71,5 +70,8 @@
     "semicov": "*",
     "should": "~1.2.2",
     "mocha": "~1.8.2"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "inflection": "~1.2.5"
   }
 }

test/init.js

@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ if (!process.env.TRAVIS) {
 
     require('semicov').init('lib');
 }
+
+var Schema = require('../').Schema;
+
+if (!('getSchema' in global)) {
+    global.getSchema = function() {
+        return new Schema('memory');
+    };
+}

test/relations.test.js

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+var db, Book, Chapter, Author, Reader;
+
+describe('relations', function() {
+    before(function() {
+        db = getSchema();
+        Book = db.define('Book', {name: String});
+        Chapter = db.define('Chapter', {name: String});
+        Author = db.define('Author', {name: String});
+        Reader = db.define('Reader', {name: String});
+    });
+
+    after(function() {
+        db.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    describe('hasMany', function() {
+        it('can be declared in different ways', function() {
+            Book.hasMany(Chapter);
+            Book.hasMany(Reader, {as: 'users'});
+            Book.hasMany(Author, {foreignKey: 'projectId'});
+            var b = new Book;
+            b.chapters.should.be.an.instanceOf(Function);
+            b.users.should.be.an.instanceOf(Function);
+            b.authors.should.be.an.instanceOf(Function);
+            Object.keys((new Chapter).toObject()).should.include('bookId');
+            Object.keys((new Author).toObject()).should.include('projectId');
+        });
+
+        it('can be declared in short form', function() {
+            Author.hasMany('readers');
+            (new Author).readers.should.be.an.instanceOf(Function);
+            Object.keys((new Reader).toObject()).should.include('authorId');
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('belongsTo', function() {
+        it('can be declared in different ways');
+        it('can be declared in short form');
+    });
+
+    describe('hasAndBelongsToMany', function() {
+        it('can be declared');
+    });
+});