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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Hyperstack.connect should behave nicely if passed a dummy value","articleBody":"for example:\r\n\r\n```ruby\r\nclass CurrentUser \u003c HyperStore\r\n  receives LoginOperation do |user|\r\n    Hyperstack.connect(User.find_by_email(user.email)) \r\n  end\r\n```\r\n\r\nwill not work, because connect needs the actual id,  which will be unknown (i.e. a dummy value) until the next fetch cycle completes.\r\n\r\nSo internally connect needs to make sure that id is loaded before connecting:\r\n\r\n```ruby\r\nmodule Hyperstack\r\n  def self.connect(*channels)\r\n    channels.each do |channel|\r\n      if channel.is_a? Class\r\n        IncomingBroadcast.connect_to(channel.name)\r\n      elsif channel.is_a?(String) || channel.is_a?(Array)\r\n        IncomingBroadcast.connect_to(*channel)\r\n      elsif channel.id\r\n        Hyperstack::Model.load do\r\n          channel.id\r\n        end.then do |id|\r\n          IncomingBroadcast.connect_to(channel.class.name, id)\r\n        end\r\n      else\r\n        raise \"cannot connect to model before it has been saved\"\r\n      end\r\n    end\r\n  end\r\nend\r\n```\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/catmando","@type":"Person","name":"catmando"},"datePublished":"2019-04-09T21:04:50.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/159/hyperstack/issues/159"}