Updated to KH 3.3 and improved

includes/kohana/system/classes/Kohana/Model.php

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+<?php defined('SYSPATH') OR die('No direct script access.');
+/**
+ * Model base class. All models should extend this class.
+ *
+ * @package    Kohana
+ * @category   Models
+ * @author     Kohana Team
+ * @copyright  (c) 2008-2012 Kohana Team
+ * @license    http://kohanaframework.org/license
+ */
+abstract class Kohana_Model {
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new model instance.
+	 *
+	 *     $model = Model::factory($name);
+	 *
+	 * @param   string  $name   model name
+	 * @return  Model
+	 */
+	public static function factory($name)
+	{
+		// Add the model prefix
+		$class = 'Model_'.$name;
+
+		return new $class;
+	}
+
+} // End Model