class Hashie::Clash

A Clash is a “Chainable Lazy Hash”. Inspired by libraries such as Arel, a Clash allows you to chain together method arguments to build a hash, something that’s especially useful if you’re doing something like constructing a complex options hash. Here’s a basic example:

c = Hashie::Clash.new.conditions(:foo => 'bar').order(:created_at)
c # => {:conditions => {:foo => 'bar'}, :order => :created_at}

Clash provides another way to create sub-hashes by using bang notation. You can dive into a sub-hash by providing a key with a bang and dive back out again with the _end! method. Example:

c = Hashie::Clash.new.conditions!.foo('bar').baz(123)._end!.order(:created_at)
c # => { conditions: { foo: 'bar', baz: 123 }, order: :created_at}

Because the primary functionality of Clash is to build options objects, all keys are converted to symbols since many libraries expect symbols explicitly for keys.

Attributes

_parent[R]

The parent Clash if this Clash was created via chaining.

Public Class Methods

new(other_hash = {}, parent = nil) click to toggle source

Initialize a new clash by passing in a Hash to convert and, optionally, the parent to which this Clash is chained.

# File lib/hashie/clash.rb, line 32
def initialize(other_hash = {}, parent = nil)
  @_parent = parent
  other_hash.each_pair do |k, v|
    self[k.to_sym] = v
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

_end!() click to toggle source

Jump back up a level if you are using bang method chaining. For example:

c = Hashie::Clash.new.foo(‘bar’) c.baz!.foo(123) # => c c.baz!._end! # => c

# File lib/hashie/clash.rb, line 45
def _end!
  _parent
end
respond_to_missing?(method_name, _include_private = false) click to toggle source
# File lib/hashie/clash.rb, line 87
def respond_to_missing?(method_name, _include_private = false)
  method_name = method_name.to_s

  if method_name.end_with?('!')
    key = method_name[0...-1].to_sym
    [NilClass, Clash, Hash].include?(self[key].class)
  else
    true
  end
end