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Please excuse me. I wasn't real clear as to what I'm looking for. Currently, you can register an observer by adding something like this to your model:

class Model_Comment extends \Orm\Model {

    protected static $_properties = array('id', 'email', 'url', 'content');
    
    protected static $_table_name = 'comments';

    protected static $_observers = array(
        'example', // will call Observer_Example class for all events
        'Orm\\Observer_CreatedOn' => array('before_insert'), // will only call Orm\Observer_CreatedOn at before_insert event
    );
}

But, what I want to do is, register an observer for a model OUTSIDE of the model, not inside the model like in the code shown above. Something like how the Event class works I guess. Theoretically, I would have to register the observer somewhere like so:

Model_Comment::register_observer('Observer_Akismet', array('events' => array('before_save')));

I have done some sifting through the Orm and haven't been able to find such a method. Does anyone know if something is scheduled for the future? Thanks for the help!

An observer is anything that is callable, to it could be a closure, an object definition ( like array($object, 'method) ) or a static method ( "class::method" ). See http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-callable.php on what PHP considers a valid callback.