class Hash

monkey patch Hash class to support reverse_merge and collect_attributes

Public Instance Methods

attribute_post_processing() click to toggle source

# File lib/plotrb/base.rb, line 155
def attribute_post_processing
  # nothing to do for Hash
end

classify(name, format=nil) click to toggle source

# File lib/plotrb/base.rb, line 180
def classify(name, format=nil)
  klass = name.to_s.split('_').collect(&:capitalize).join
  if format == :json
    klass[0].downcase + klass[1..-1]
  else
    klass
  end
end

collect_attributes() click to toggle source

# File lib/plotrb/base.rb, line 163
def collect_attributes
  collected = {}
  self.each do |k, v|
    json_attr = classify(k, :json)
    if v.respond_to?(:collect_attributes)
      collected[json_attr] = v.collect_attributes
    elsif v.is_a?(Array)
      collected[json_attr] = [].concat(v.collect{ |va|
        va.respond_to?(:collect_attributes) ? va.collect_attributes : va
      })
    else
      collected[json_attr] = v
    end
  end
  collected
end

reverse_merge(other_hash) click to toggle source

# File lib/plotrb/base.rb, line 159
def reverse_merge(other_hash)
  other_hash.merge(self)
end