Thanks for the messages. In the spirit of learning however, were I to use the object method, what syntax would be used?
If I use a breakpoint, I see the structure like:
data
+--+ Auracle
|
+-+ messages
|
+-+ message
|
+[0]
| |
| +id
| +text
|
+--[1]
+--[2]
+--[3]
What's the significance of the .. operator on collections?

