after_initizlialize_test.rb

require 'rubygems'
puts ENV["GEM_HOME"]
require 'mongoid'
require 'mongoid/version'

class RapSupahStah
  include Mongoid::Document
  cache

  attr_accessor :mode
  
  field :mode
  field :value
    
  def after_initialize 
    puts "after_initialize"
    puts "Using Mongoid: #{Mongoid::VERSION}"
    self.mode ||= "balla"
  end
  
  def initialize(attributes={}) 
      puts "initialize"
      puts "Using Mongoid: #{Mongoid::VERSION}"
      super 
      self.mode ||= "pimp"      
  end
  
end

mongo_money = RapSupahStah.new
puts mongo_money.mode

################
# Output:
################
# $ ruby after_initialize_test.rb 
# /Users/ryan/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p299
# initialize
# Using Mongoid: 2.0.0.beta.16
# pimp
################