Adding readme and tests for #248

README.md

@@ -428,6 +428,17 @@ Again, you may override the conventional local key by passing a second argument
 
     return $this->embedsMany('Book', 'local_key');
 
+When using embedded documents, they will be stored in a _relation attribute of the parent document. This attribute is hidden by default when using `
+toArray` or `toJson`. If you want the attribute to be exposed, add it to `$exposed` property definition to your model:
+
+    use Jenssegers\Mongodb\Model as Eloquent;
+
+    class User extends Eloquent {
+
+        protected $exposed = array('_books');
+
+    }
+
 ### EmbedsOne Relations
 
 There is also an EmbedsOne relation, which works similar to the EmbedsMany relation, but only stores one embedded model.

src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Model.php

@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ abstract class Model extends \Jenssegers\Eloquent\Model {
     protected $primaryKey = '_id';
 
     /**
-     * Allow json attributes to be exposable. This is mainly for
-     * relations that can be kept alive in a toJson()
+     * The attributes that should be exposed for toArray and toJson.
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $expose = [];
+    protected $exposed = array();
 
     /**
      * The connection resolver instance.
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ abstract class Model extends \Jenssegers\Eloquent\Model {
             // internal array of embedded documents. In that case, we need
             // to hide these from the output so that the relation-based
             // attribute can take over.
-            else if (starts_with($key, '_') and ! in_array($key, $this->expose))
+            else if (starts_with($key, '_') and ! in_array($key, $this->exposed))
             {
                 $camelKey = camel_case($key);
 
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ abstract class Model extends \Jenssegers\Eloquent\Model {
      */
     public function drop($columns)
     {
-        if (!is_array($columns)) $columns = array($columns);
+        if ( ! is_array($columns)) $columns = array($columns);
 
         // Unset attributes
         foreach ($columns as $column)
@@ -357,6 +356,17 @@ abstract class Model extends \Jenssegers\Eloquent\Model {
         return call_user_func_array(array($query, 'pull'), func_get_args());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the exposed attributes for the model.
+     *
+     * @param  array  $exposed
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setExposed(array $exposed)
+    {
+        $this->exposed = $exposed;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new Eloquent query builder for the model.
      *

tests/EmbeddedRelationsTest.php

@@ -451,4 +451,19 @@ class EmbeddedRelationsTest extends TestCase {
         $this->assertNull($user->father);
     }
 
+    public function testEmbedsManyToArray()
+    {
+        $user = User::create(array('name' => 'John Doe'));
+        $user->addresses()->save(new Address(array('city' => 'New York')));
+        $user->addresses()->save(new Address(array('city' => 'Paris')));
+        $user->addresses()->save(new Address(array('city' => 'Brussels')));
+
+        $array = $user->toArray();
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('_addresses', $array);
+
+        $user->setExposed(array('_addresses'));
+        $array = $user->toArray();
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('_addresses', $array);
+    }
+
 }