extract model.pushObjects to a method

README.md

@@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ and ember-infinity will be set up to parse the total number of pages from a JSON
 }
 ```
 
+You may override `updateInfinityModel` to customize how the route's `model` should be updated with new objects. You may also invoke this method directly to manually push new objects into the model:
+
+```js
+actions: {
+  pushHughIntoInfinityModel() [
+    var updatedInfinityModel = this.updateInfinityModel([
+      { id: 1, name: "Hugh Francis" }
+    ]);
+    console.log(updatedInfinityModel);
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### infinityModel
 
 You can also provide additional parameters to `infinityModel` that

addon/mixins/route.js

@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
     var nextPage    = this.get('_currentPage') + 1;
     var perPage     = this.get('_perPage');
     var totalPages  = this.get('_totalPages');
-    var model       = this.get(this.get('_modelPath'));
     var modelName   = this.get('_infinityModelName');
 
     if (!this.get('_loadingMore') && this.get('_canLoadMore')) {
@@ -187,14 +186,14 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
       var promise = this.store.find(modelName, params);
 
       promise.then(
-        infinityModel => {
-          model.pushObjects(infinityModel.get('content'));
+        newObjects => {
+          this.updateInfinityModel(newObjects);
           this.set('_loadingMore', false);
           this.set('_currentPage', nextPage);
           Ember.run.scheduleOnce('afterRender', this, 'infinityModelUpdated', {
             lastPageLoaded: nextPage,
             totalPages: totalPages,
-            newObjects: infinityModel
+            newObjects: newObjects
           });
           if (!this.get('_canLoadMore')) {
             this.set(this.get('_modelPath') + '.reachedInfinity', true);
@@ -217,6 +216,19 @@ export default Ember.Mixin.create({
     return false;
   },
 
+  /**
+   Update the infinity model with new objects
+
+   @method updateInfinityModel
+   @param {Ember.Enumerable} newObjects The new objects to add to the model
+   @return {Ember.Array} returns the updated infinity model
+   */
+  updateInfinityModel(newObjects) {
+    var infinityModel = this.get(this.get('_modelPath'));
+
+    return infinityModel.pushObjects(newObjects.get('content'));
+  },
+
   actions: {
     infinityLoad() {
       this._infinityLoad();

tests/unit/mixins/route-test.js

@@ -308,3 +308,70 @@ test('it uses overridden params when loading more data', assert => {
   assert.ok(model.get('reachedInfinity'), 'Should reach infinity');
 
 });
+
+test('it allows overrides/manual invocations of updateInfinityModel', assert => {
+  var RouteObject = Ember.Route.extend(RouteMixin, {
+    model() {
+      return this.infinityModel('item', {perPage: 1});
+    },
+    updateInfinityModel(newObjects) {
+      return this._super(newObjects.setEach('author', 'F. Scott Fitzgerald'));
+    }
+  });
+  var route = RouteObject.create();
+
+  var items = [
+    { id: 1, title: 'The Great Gatsby' },
+    { id: 2, title: 'The Last Tycoon' }
+  ];
+
+  var dummyStore = {
+    find(modelType, findQuery) {
+      var item = items[findQuery.page-1];
+      return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(resolve => {
+        Ember.run(this, resolve, Ember.ArrayProxy.create({
+          content: Ember.A([item]),
+          meta: { total_pages: 2 }
+        }));
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  route.store = dummyStore;
+
+  var model;
+  Ember.run(() => {
+    route.model().then(result => {
+      model = result;
+    });
+  });
+
+  var dummyController = Ember.Object.create({
+    model
+  });
+  route.set('controller', dummyController);
+
+  assert.equal(route.get('_canLoadMore'), true);
+  assert.equal(model.get('content.length'), 1);
+
+  Ember.run(() => {
+    route._infinityLoad();
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(route.get('_canLoadMore'), false);
+  assert.equal(model.get('content.length'), 2);
+  assert.equal(model.get('content.lastObject.author'), 'F. Scott Fitzgerald', 'overrides to updateInfinityModel should take effect');
+
+  var newObjects = Ember.ArrayProxy.create({
+    content: Ember.A([
+      { id: 3, title: 'Tender Is the Night' }
+    ])
+  });
+
+  Ember.run(() => {
+    route.updateInfinityModel(newObjects);
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(model.get('content.length'), 3);
+  assert.equal(model.get('content.lastObject.title'), 'Tender Is the Night', 'updateInfinityModel can be invoked manually');
+});