working _dump/_load, make connection/connection= public

lib/fog/collection.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module Fog
   class Collection < Array
 
+    def self._load(marhsalled)
+      new(Marshal.load(marshalled))
+    end
+
     def self.attribute(name, other_names = [])
       class_eval <<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__
         attr_accessor :#{name}
@@ -24,6 +28,10 @@ module Fog
       @attributes ||= []
     end
 
+    def _dump
+      Marshal.dump(attributes)
+    end
+
     def attributes
       attributes = {}
       for attribute in self.class.attributes
@@ -32,6 +40,14 @@ module Fog
       attributes
     end
 
+    def connection=(new_connection)
+      @connection = new_connection
+    end
+
+    def connection
+      @connection
+    end
+
     def create(attributes = {})
       object = new(attributes)
       object.save
@@ -85,14 +101,6 @@ module Fog
 
     private
 
-    def connection=(new_connection)
-      @connection = new_connection
-    end
-
-    def connection
-      @connection
-    end
-
     def remap_attributes(attributes, mapping)
       for key, value in mapping
         if attributes.key?(key)

lib/fog/model.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module Fog
   class Model
 
+    def self._load(marshalled)
+      new(Marshal.load(marshalled))
+    end
+
     def self.attribute(name, other_names = [])
       class_eval <<-EOS, __FILE__, __LINE__
         attr_accessor :#{name}
@@ -25,6 +29,10 @@ module Fog
       @attributes ||= []
     end
 
+    def _dump
+      Marshal.dump(attributes)
+    end
+
     def attributes
       attributes = {}
       for attribute in self.class.attributes
@@ -37,6 +45,14 @@ module Fog
       @collection
     end
 
+    def connection=(new_connection)
+      @connection = new_connection
+    end
+
+    def connection
+      @connection
+    end
+
     def identity
       send(self.class.instance_variable_get('@identity'))
     end
@@ -79,14 +95,6 @@ module Fog
       @collection = new_collection
     end
 
-    def connection=(new_connection)
-      @connection = new_connection
-    end
-
-    def connection
-      @connection
-    end
-
     def remap_attributes(attributes, mapping)
       for key, value in mapping
         if attributes.key?(key)