lib/daywalker/legislator.rb in technicalpickles-daywalker-0.1.1 vs lib/daywalker/legislator.rb in technicalpickles-daywalker-0.1.2

@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@
     end
 
     # Find one or many legislators, based on a set of conditions. See 
     # VALID_ATTRIBUTES for possible attributes you can search for.
     # 
-    # If you want one legislators, and you expect there is exactly one legislator, use :one. An error will be raised if there are more than one result.
+    # If you want one legislators, and you expect there is exactly one
+    # legislator, use :one. An error will be raised if there are more than
+    # one result. An ArgumentErrror will be raised if multiple results come back.
     #
     #   Daywalker::Legislator.find(:one, :state => 'NY', :district => 4)
     #
     # Otherwise, use :all.
     # 
@@ -113,11 +115,10 @@
         send(method_id, *args, &block)
       else
         super
       end
     end
-
     
     def self.respond_to?(method_id) # :nodoc:
       match = DynamicFinderMatch.new(method_id)
       if match.match?
         true
@@ -125,9 +126,16 @@
         super
       end
     end
 
     protected
+
+    def self.handle_bad_request(body) # :nodoc:
+      case body
+      when "Multiple Legislators Returned" then raise(ArgumentError, "The conditions provided returned multiple results, by only one is expected")
+      else super
+      end
+    end
 
     
     def self.create_finder_method(method, finder, attribute_names) # :nodoc:
       class_eval %{
         def self.#{method}(*args)                                             # def self.find_all_by_district_number_and_state(*args)