class Hash

Public Instance Methods

to_obj() click to toggle source

Convert a Hash to a Class object. This method accepts multi-dimensional hashes.

Example:

>> myhash = { :title => "hello world" }.to_obj
>> myhash.title
=> "hello world"

# File lib/hash_to_obj.rb, line 10
def to_obj
  hash = self
  klass = Class.new
  hash.each do |key, val|
    klass.send(:define_method, "#{key}=", proc { |val| klass.instance_variable_set("@#{key}", val) })
    klass.send(:define_method, key, proc { klass.instance_variable_get("@#{key}") })

    unless val.instance_of? Hash
      klass.instance_variable_set("@#{key}", val)
    else
      klass.instance_variable_set("@#{key}", val.to_obj)
    end
  end

  klass.new
end