Dynamic computed.alias binding

Hi,

I’m trying to figure out the simplest code to have a “dynamic alias” binding. Which in a perfect world could look like this:

App.DynamicInputComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
  model: null,
  attribute: null,
  value: Em.computed.alias('model.'+this.get('atribute')) // Pseudo code
})

But right now, I have to resort to manually adding and removing observers. (code on jsbin)

App.DynamicInputComponent = Ember.Component.extend({
  model: null,
  attribute: null,
  value: null,

  // If the user changes the input box, push the change to the model
  setValueToModel: function() {
    this.get('model').set(this.get('attribute'), this.get('value'));
  }.observes('value'),

  setValueFromModel: function() {
    var value = this.get('model').get(this.get('attribute'));
    this.set('value', value);
  },

  // If the model changes, we need to propagate it to the input box
  onPropertyChange: function() {
    var model = this.get('model'),
        _attr = this.get('oldAttribute'),
        attr  = this.get('attribute');

    if (_attr) {
      Ember.removeObserver(model, _attr, this, this.setValueFromModel);
    }
    Ember.addObserver(model, attr, this, this.setValueFromModel);

    this.set('oldAttribute', attr);
    this.setValueFromModel();
  }.observes('attribute', 'model').on('init'),
});

This code does work, but I’m wondering if there a simpler, cleaner way to do this?

Haven’t tried it, but this might help:

I’ve also created a utility function for this:

https://gist.github.com/pwfisher/283716ad9898c7fc8101