explicit control for automatic creation of TreeNode instances

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/acf/model/init.lua b/acf/model/init.lua
index ed06548..895ed62 100644
--- a/acf/model/init.lua
+++ b/acf/model/init.lua
@@ -189,20 +189,21 @@ Model = fld.Model
 
 Collection = class(fld.TreeNode)
 
-function Collection:init(params, ctype)
+function Collection:init(params, itype)
+   if params.create == nil then params.create = true end
    super(self, Collection):init(params)
+
    assert(self.type)
-   self.ctype = ctype or node.Collection
+   self.itype = itype or node.Collection
+   self.iparams = {required=self.required}
+
    self.dtype = 'collection'
    self.widget = self.dtype
 end
 
-function Collection:load(context)
-   -- automatically create missing collection (TODO: make this configurable?)
-   return self.ctype(
-      context,
-      {field=to_field(self.type), required=self.required}
-   )
+function Collection:load(context, create)
+   if not self.iparams.field then self.iparams.field = to_field(self.type) end
+   return super(self, Collection):load(context, create)
 end