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  1. Mongoid
  2. MONGOID-1147

A field called `identifier' behaves oddly

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    • 2.1.8
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      If I name a field identifier, then Mongoid doesn't complain, and lets me set it, but it always returns nil.

      I see attr_reader :identifier in the Mongoid::Keys module. That's probably what's doing it.

      The same behaviour is also witnessed with the name metadata, and presumably others too.

      At the very least, Mongoid should not allow fields to be created with "reserved words" as names if they're not going to work properly. But it'd be even better if they did work properly 

      require "spec_helper"

describe "An attribute" do
  before do
    class Model
      include Mongoid::Document

      field :name,       type: String
      field :identifier, type: String
    end
  end

  let(:model) { Model.new }

  shared_examples "an attribute" do
    before do
      model.send("#{attribute}=", "value")
    end

    it "is readable" do
      model.send(attribute).should == "value"
    end

    it "is persistable" do
      model.save

      model_reloaded = Model.find(model.id)
      model_reloaded.send(attribute).should == "value"
    end
  end    

  context "not called `identifier'" do
    let(:attribute) { :name }
    it_behaves_like "an attribute"
  end

  context "called `identifier'" do
    let(:attribute) { :identifier }
    it_behaves_like "an attribute"
  end
end

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