node.rb in oeh-client-0.2.4

- old
+ new

@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@
 			(value.kind_of?(Array) ? add_collection(key, value) : add_attribute(key, value))
 		end
 
 	end
 
+	# return the names of each of the attributes of the current nodes of the structure
+	def attribute_names()
+		name_collection = Array.new
+		instance_variable_names.each { | structure_attribute | name_collection << structure_attribute.slice!(0)}
+
+		name_collection
+	end # def attribute_names
+
+
 	private 
 
 	# add_collection dynamically create an attr_accessor as an array of Oeh::Structure::Node
 	#  classes related to the current instance of the object. 
 	def add_collection(name, value_collection)
@@ -47,9 +56,9 @@
 		# create the accessor in the current class and set the value based on the type
 		#  of object that represents the value
 		self.class.send(:attr_accessor, accessor_name)
 		instance_variable_set("@#{accessor_name}", (value.kind_of?(Hash) ? OEHClient::Data::Node.new(value) : value))
 
-	end
+	end		
 
 
 end
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