ORM-like model implementation in CI

[eluser]Jon L[/eluser]
there shouldn't be any naming conflicts, as you are able to pass a 2nd parameter when loading a model, that determines the namespace inhabited by the model.

example from my own code, I currently have 1 model called forums_model, that will represent both threads and categories (for the moment). so I instantiate 2 occurrences, and then I call a custom method "set_method" to let the model know if I'm using threads or categories. (there are some variable variables in the code, which is why I pass in categories vs threads)

Code:

$this->load->model('forums_model','categories');
        $this->categories->set_method('categories');

        $this->load->model('forums_model','threads');
        $this->threads->set_method('threads');