Class: Positions

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/congress_person.rb

Constant Summary collapse

OPENS_POS_MAP =

Maps specific set of CongressPerson attributes to OpenSecrets APIs. Mapping is structured “name of attr in CongressPerson object” => “name of hash key in result returned from API call”

{ 
  "title"         => "title",
  "organization"  => "organization"
}

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(init_hash) ⇒ Positions

Given a hash of Positions values from the OpenSecrets API, populate the corresponding instance variables in this instance.



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# File 'lib/congress_person.rb', line 184

def initialize(init_hash)
  OPENS_POS_MAP.each do |name, attribute| 
    val = init_hash[attribute]
    instance_variable_set("@#{name}", val)
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#organization ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute organization.



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# File 'lib/congress_person.rb', line 173

def organization
  @organization
end

#title ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute title.



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# File 'lib/congress_person.rb', line 173

def title
  @title
end

Instance Method Details

#pretty_print(pp) ⇒ Object

Pretty print this instance. This method is called behind the scenes when a Position is encountered during a PP traversal of objects.



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# File 'lib/congress_person.rb', line 193

def pretty_print(pp)
  pp.text("position #{title} at #{organization}")
end