lib/musicbrainz/models/base_model.rb in musicbrainz-0.7.4 vs lib/musicbrainz/models/base_model.rb in musicbrainz-0.7.5

@@ -21,9 +21,41 @@
       end
 
       def client
         MusicBrainz.client
       end
+
+			def search(hash)
+				hash = escape_strings(hash)
+				query_val = build_query(hash)
+				underscore_name = self.name[13..-1].underscore
+				client.load(underscore_name.to_sym, { query: query_val, limit: 10 }, { binding: underscore_name.insert(-1,"_search").to_sym })
+			end
+
+			class ::String
+				def underscore
+					self.gsub(/::/, '/').
+					gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2').
+					gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2').
+					tr("-", "_").
+					downcase
+				end
+			end
+
+			def build_query(hash)
+				return ["#{hash.first[0].to_s}:\"#{hash.first[1]}\""] if hash.size ==1
+				arr ||= []
+				hash.each { |k, v| arr << "#{k.to_s}:\"#{hash[k]}\"" }
+				arr.join(' AND ')
+			end
+
+			def escape_strings(hash)
+				hash.each { |k, v| hash[k] = CGI.escape(v).gsub(/\!/, '\!') }
+				hash
+			end
+
+			# these probably should be private... but I'm not sure how to get it to work in a module...
+			# private_class_method :build_query, :escape_strings
     end
 
     module InstanceMethods
       def initialize(params = {})
         params.each do |field, value|