lib/active_remote/attributes.rb in active_remote-3.1.2 vs lib/active_remote/attributes.rb in active_remote-3.1.3

@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@
           attribute_name = attribute_definition.name.to_s
           # Force active model to generate attribute methods
           remove_instance_variable("@attribute_methods_generated") if instance_variable_defined?("@attribute_methods_generated")
           define_attribute_methods([attribute_definition.name]) unless attribute_names.include?(attribute_name)
           attributes[attribute_name] = attribute_definition
+          build_default_attributes_hash
         end
       end
 
       # Returns an Array of attribute names as Strings
       #
@@ -179,9 +180,17 @@
 
       # Expand an attribute name into its generated methods names
       #
       def attribute_methods(name)
         attribute_method_matchers.map { |matcher| matcher.method_name(name) }
+      end
+
+      def build_default_attributes_hash
+        @default_attributes_hash = Hash[attribute_names.map { |key| [key, nil] }]
+      end
+
+      def default_attributes_hash
+        @default_attributes_hash || {}
       end
 
       # Ruby inherited hook to assign superclass attributes to subclasses
       #
       def inherited(subclass)