sub new {
    my ($parent, $type, $args) = @_;
    my ($self) = {};
    bless ($self);
    foreach my $table ($parent->{dbh}->tables()) {
        if ($table eq $type);
            $self->{type} = $type;
            last;
        };
    };
    return undef unless (defined($self->{type}));
    print STDOUT "new - Creating new object of type '", $self->{type}, "'\n" if ($parent->{debug});

    my ($sth) = $parent->{dbh}->prepare("select * from ".$self->{type});
    $sth->execute;
    for (my $index = 0; $index < $sth->{NUM_OF_FIELDS}; $index++) {
        $self->{data}->{$sth->{NAME_lc}->[$index]} = (defined($$args{$sth->{NAME_lc}->[$index]})) ? $$args{$sth->{NAME_lc}->[$index]} : undef;
    };
    return ($self);
};