How to manually create an Array of ember-data objects? - ember.js

Question

I have the need to override the find on a specific object in my ember.js app. What I have below works great if I was planning to return a "single" ember-data object, but how would I modify this to return an Array of objects (such that I return a AdapterPopulatedRecordArray or RecordArray (not sure the difference to be honest)).
App.Foo = DS.Model.extend({
name: DS.attr('string')
}).reopenClass({
find: function() {
var result = Ember.Object.create({
isLoaded: false
});
$.getJSON('/api/foos/', function(data) {
result.setProperties(data);
result.set('isLoaded', true);
});
return result;
}
});

Answer 1

You can return an array as follows:
App.Foo = DS.Model.extend({
name: DS.attr('string')
}).reopenClass({
records: [],
find: function() {
var self = this;
$.getJSON('/api/foos/', function(response) {
response.forEach(function(record){
self.records.addObject(App.Foo.createRecord(record))
}, this)
});
return this.records;
}
});
This example (adapted from http://trek.github.com/) returns a simple array. To return a record array (or adapter populated record array) will
require more work but it is the same basic pattern. Have a look at this test for detail on what would be required:
https://github.com/emberjs/data/blob/master/packages/ember-data/tests/unit/record_array_test.js