var Notification = function(id) { // this.type = 'Dish'; //why? var self = this; $.extend(this, Orm); // shouldn't this be part of the ORM? this.loadType = function(cls, data) { if (!self['__' + data]) { self['__' + data] = []; for (x in self['_' + data]) { self['__' + data][self['__' + data].length] = App.cache(cls, self['_' + data][x]); } self['_' + data] = null; } return self['__' + data]; } // move this to a private method? if (typeof(id) == 'object') { for (x in id) { self[x] = id[x]; } // self.dishes(); // huh? } else { App.request(App.service + '/notification/' + id, function(json) { for (x in json) { self[x] = json[x]; } self.options(); }); } } // huh? App.cached.Notification = {};