diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bf42520..af2c9ee 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -40,5 +40,12 @@ end
 
 task :default => :spec
 
+namespace :spec do
+  desc "with all ruby versions"
+  task :all do
+    puts `rvm 1.8.7@polecat,1.9.2@polecat,rbx@polecat,rbx-hydra@polecat rake spec`
+  end
+end
+
 require 'yard'
 YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new
diff --git a/lib/polecat.rb b/lib/polecat.rb
index 903419f..d746e86 100644
--- a/lib/polecat.rb
+++ b/lib/polecat.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 class Polecat
   require 'polecat/index'
+  require 'polecat/document'
 end
diff --git a/lib/polecat/document.rb b/lib/polecat/document.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..438ff28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/polecat/document.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require 'polecat/document_resource'
+
+module Document
+  OPTIONS = {
+    :index => true,
+    :lazy  => false,
+    :value => nil
+  }
+
+  def self.included o
+    o.extend(DocumentResource)
+    o.instance_variable_set :@attributes, {}
+  end
+
+  def initialize fields = {}
+    fields.each do |key, value|
+      attribute_set key, value
+    end
+  end
+
+  def attribute_get name
+    attributes[name.to_sym][:value]
+  end
+
+  def attribute_set name, value
+    if attributes.has_key? name.to_sym
+      attributes[name.to_sym][:value] = value
+    else
+      raise ArgumentError, "attribute #{name} does not exist"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def attributes
+    return @attributes if @attributes
+    @attributes = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(
+      self.class.instance_variable_get :@attributes))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/polecat/document_resource.rb b/lib/polecat/document_resource.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61c710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/polecat/document_resource.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module DocumentResource
+  def field name, options = {}
+    attributes = self.instance_variable_get :@attributes
+    attributes[name.to_sym] = Document::OPTIONS.merge(options)
+
+    create_reader_for name
+    create_writer_for name
+  end
+
+  def mod
+    if !@mod
+      @mod = Module.new
+      self.class_eval do
+        include @mod
+      end
+    end
+    @mod
+  end
+
+  def create_reader_for name
+    mod.module_eval <<-RUBYCODE
+      def #{name.to_s}
+        attribute_get :#{name}
+      end
+    RUBYCODE
+  end
+  
+  def create_writer_for name
+    mod.module_eval <<-RUBYCODE
+      def #{name.to_s}= o
+        attribute_set :#{name}, o
+      end
+    RUBYCODE
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/document/document_spec.rb b/spec/document/document_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bba3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/document/document_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper')
+
+describe "Document" do
+  describe "#initialize" do
+    it "creates a new Document object" do
+      d = Spec::FooDocument.new
+      d.is_a?(Polecat::Document).should == true
+    end
+
+    it "takes a hash as argument" do
+      d = Spec::FooDocument.new(
+        :id          => 1,
+        :name        => 'foo',
+        :lastname    => 'bar', 
+        :description => 'this is a test'
+      )
+      d.id.should       == 1
+      d.name.should     == 'foo'
+      d.lastname.should == 'bar'
+      d.description.should == 'this is a test'
+    end
+
+    it "sets the attributes to nil as default" do
+      d = Spec::FooDocument.new
+      d.id.should == nil
+    end
+
+    it "creates a method to get an attribute value" do
+      class FooDoc
+        include Polecat::Document
+        field :doc
+      end
+      FooDoc.new.respond_to?(:doc).should == true
+    end
+
+    it "creates a method to set an attribute" do
+      class FooDoc
+        include Polecat::Document
+        field :doc
+      end
+      d = FooDoc.new
+      d.doc = 'foo'
+      d.doc.should == 'foo'
+    end
+
+    it "raises an error, when the key is not found" do
+      lambda { Spec::FooDocument.new(:foo => :bar) }.should(
+        raise_error(ArgumentError))
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#attributes" do
+    it "returns a hash with all attributes" do
+      class FooDoc
+        include Polecat::Document
+
+        field :bar
+      end
+      d = FooDoc.new
+      d.attributes.should == {:bar => Polecat::Document::OPTIONS}
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index e796177..5759ba8 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ def prepare_index_dir
   Dir.mkdir path
   return path
 end
+
+module Spec
+  class FooDocument
+    include Polecat::Document
+
+    field :id
+    field :name, :lazy => true
+    field :lastname, :lazy => true
+    field :description, :analyze => true, :lazy => true
+  end
+end