class Hashie::Hash
A Hashie Hash is simply a Hash that has convenience functions baked in such as stringify_keys that may not be available in all libraries.
Public Instance Methods
to_hash(options = {})
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Converts a mash back to a hash (with stringified or symbolized keys)
# File lib/hashie/hash.rb, line 11 def to_hash(options = {}) out = {} keys.each do |k| assignment_key = k.to_s assignment_key = assignment_key.to_sym if options[:symbolize_keys] if self[k].is_a?(Array) out[assignment_key] ||= [] self[k].each do |array_object| out[assignment_key] << (Hash === array_object ? flexibly_convert_to_hash(array_object, options) : array_object) end else out[assignment_key] = (Hash === self[k] || self[k].respond_to?(:to_hash)) ? flexibly_convert_to_hash(self[k], options) : self[k] end end out end
to_json(*args)
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The C generator for the json gem doesn't like mashies
# File lib/hashie/hash.rb, line 29 def to_json(*args) to_hash.to_json(*args) end
Private Instance Methods
flexibly_convert_to_hash(object, options = {})
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# File lib/hashie/hash.rb, line 35 def flexibly_convert_to_hash(object, options = {}) if object.method(:to_hash).arity == 0 object.to_hash else object.to_hash(options) end end