Improved initializeAttributes implementations

git-svn-id: http://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@7159 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php b/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
index d9a6a52ef..380ba48f5 100644
--- a/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
+++ b/engine/classes/ElggExtender.php
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 abstract class ElggExtender extends ElggData implements
 	Exportable
 {
+	protected function initializeAttributes() {
+		parent::initializeAttributes();
+		
+		$this->attributes['type'] = '';
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Returns an attribute
@@ -85,20 +90,6 @@ abstract class ElggExtender extends ElggData implements
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save this data to the appropriate database table.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	abstract public function save();
-
-	/**
-	 * Delete this data.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	abstract public function delete();
-
-	/**
 	 * Returns if a user can edit this extended data.
 	 *
 	 * @param int $user_guid The GUID of the user (defaults to currently logged in user)