From fdac337a0479a5f74dfe4c33ea733c20db6b638a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J.R. Patten" <jr@juanpatten.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:05:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add nested property setting

---
 lib/adapter.js | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/adapter.js b/lib/adapter.js
index 2dec92b..2ff1dc1 100644
--- a/lib/adapter.js
+++ b/lib/adapter.js
@@ -46,7 +46,22 @@ Adapter.prototype.unsubscribeAll = function() {
 
 Adapter.prototype.set = function(prop, val) {
   var obj = this.obj;
+  var parts = prop.split('.')
+  var part = parts.shift()
   if (!obj) return;
+
+  // split property on '.' access
+  // and dig into the object
+  while (parts.length) {
+    // create the nested property if it doesn't exist
+    if (obj[part] === undefined) {
+      obj[part] = {};
+    }
+
+    obj = obj[part];
+    part = prop = parts.shift();
+  };
+
   if ('function' == typeof obj[prop]) {
     obj[prop](val);
   }