new?

A method to determine if the resource a new object (i.e., it has not been POSTed to the remote service yet).

Examples

  not_new = Computer.create(:brand => 'Apple', :make => 'MacBook', :vendor => 'MacMall')
  not_new.new?
  # => false

  is_new = Computer.new(:brand => 'IBM', :make => 'Thinkpad', :vendor => 'IBM')
  is_new.new?
  # => true

  is_new.save
  is_new.new?
  # => false