convert hash to object

Question

I am trying to convert hash and nested hashes to objects.

so far first hash object is converted successfully by this code:

class Hashit
  def initialize(         


        

Answer 1

Ruby has an inbuilt data structure OpenStruct to solve something like this. Still, there is a problem. It is not recursive. So, you can extend OpenStruct class like this:

# Keep this in lib/open_struct.rb
class OpenStruct
  def initialize(hash = nil)
    @table = {}
    if hash
      hash.each_pair do |k, v|
        k = k.to_sym
        @table[k] = v.is_a?(Hash) ? OpenStruct.new(v) : v
      end
    end
  end

  def method_missing(mid, *args) # :nodoc:
    len = args.length
    if mname = mid[/.*(?==\z)/m]
      if len != 1
        raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (#{len} for 1)", caller(1)
      end
      modifiable?[new_ostruct_member!(mname)] = args[0].is_a?(Hash) ? OpenStruct.new(args[0]) : args[0]
    elsif len == 0 # and /\A[a-z_]\w*\z/ =~ mid #
      if @table.key?(mid)
        new_ostruct_member!(mid) unless frozen?
        @table[mid]
      end
    else
      begin
        super
      rescue NoMethodError => err
        err.backtrace.shift
        raise
      end
    end
  end
end

and remember to require 'open_struct.rb' next time you want to use OpenStruct.

Now you can do something like this:

person = OpenStruct.new
person.name = "John Smith"
person.age  = 70
person.more_info = {interests: ['singing', 'dancing'], tech_skills: ['Ruby', 'C++']}

puts person.more_info.interests
puts person.more_info.tech_skills