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Author: dburles

.gitignore

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+.build*

README.md

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+# Meteor Collection Helpers
+
+Add helpers to your collections, just like templates!
+
+### Usage
+
+A basic example
+
+```javascript
+Books = new Meteor.Collection('books');
+Authors = new Meteor.Collection('authors');
+
+Books.helpers({
+  author: function() {
+    return Authors.findOne(this.authorId);
+  }
+});
+
+Authors.helpers({
+  fullName: function() {
+    return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName;
+  },
+  books: function() {
+    return Books.find({ authorId: this._id });
+  }
+});
+```
+
+### Credits
+
+Thanks to Mathieu Bouchard's work on [collection-hooks](https://github.com/matb33/meteor-collection-hooks) which assisted a great deal with extending Meteor.Collection.

collection-helpers.js

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+var constructor = Meteor.Collection;
+
+Meteor.Collection = function(name, options) {
+  if (typeof options === 'undefined')
+    options = {};
+  options.transform = function(doc) { return new Document(doc); };
+  return constructor.call(this, name, options);
+};
+
+Document = function(doc) { return _.extend(this, doc); };
+
+Meteor.Collection.prototype = Object.create(constructor.prototype);
+Meteor.Collection.prototype.helpers = function(helpers) {
+  _.each(helpers, function(helper, key) {
+    Document.prototype[key] = helper;
+  });
+};
+
+for (var func in constructor) {
+  if (constructor.hasOwnProperty(func)) {
+    Meteor.Collection[func] = constructor[func];
+  }
+}

package.js

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+Package.describe({
+  summary: 'Collection helpers'
+});
+
+Package.on_use(function(api) {
+  api.add_files('collection-helpers.js', ['client', 'server']);  
+});

smart.json

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+{
+  "name": "collection-helpers",
+  "description": "Add helpers to your collections, just like templates.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/dburles/meteor-collection-helpers",
+  "author": "David Burles (http://twitter.com/dburles)",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "git": "https://github.com/dburles/meteor-collection-helpers.git"
+}