class PetAttribute < StaticResource def as_json(options={}) { :id => self.id, :name => self.human_name } end def human_name self.name.capitalize end def self.find_by_name(name) @objects_by_name[name.downcase] end private def self.data_source "#{to_s.downcase.pluralize}.txt" end def self.process_line(line) name = line.chomp.downcase @objects << @objects_by_name[name] = species = new species.id = @objects.size species.name = name end def self.fetch_objects! @objects = [] @objects_by_name = {} File.open(Rails.root.join('config', data_source)).each do |line| process_line(line) end end end