Module: HashToObject

Defined in:
lib/hash_to_object.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
'0.1.0'

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.build_new_object ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 7

alias_method :build_new_object, :build_new_object

Instance Method Details

#build_class_string(class_string) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 23

def build_class_string(class_string)
  @settings ||= load_settings
  class_string = class_string.singularize.underscore

  if @settings && @settings.send(class_string.to_sym)
    @settings.send(class_string.to_sym)
  else
    "#{self.class}::#{class_string.singularize.camelcase}"
  end
end

#build_new_object(class_string, hash_parameters) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 34

def build_new_object(class_string, hash_parameters)
  class_string.constantize.new(hash_parameters)
end

#define_attribute(key, value) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 38

def define_attribute(key, value)
  metaclass.send :attr_accessor, key.underscore
  send "#{key}=".underscore.to_sym, value    
end

#load_settings ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 49

def load_settings
  #implement this
  nil
end

#metaclass ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 43

def metaclass
  class << self
    self
  end
end

#objectify(hash_parameters) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hash_to_object.rb', line 10

def objectify(hash_parameters)
  hash_parameters.each do |key, value|
    if value.is_a?(Array)
      objects = value.map{|item| build_new_object(build_class_string(key), item)}
      define_attribute(key, objects)
    elsif value.is_a?(Hash)
      define_attribute(key, build_new_object(build_class_string(key), value))
    else
      define_attribute(key.to_s, value)
    end
  end
end