Class Activerecord_node

This is a domain class that governs all tables around a node such that they can be loaded, changed and saved via a single model. It assumes that there is a node record with the indicated ID, and that it has a node_version record and a third table joined by VID. It is therefore an adapter for three seperate tables: the node table, the node_revisions table, and whatever table is indicated by the type. It also assumes that the table name is equal to the node type; if this is not true some custom coding or type/table name mappping may be required.

It etends Activerecord and doesn't have any additional methods; however its core methods are slightly different.

save() calls node_save() to save the basic node record. However after calling this method, the fields are trimmed back to the node. it also refreshes the node_revisions Activerecord.

Its magic fields look for fields in the node table, then the node_revisions table, then your custom field. If you want to address fields in one table that also exist in the other tables, you will need to address them manually.