require 'multi_json' # OkJson won't work because it doesn't serialize symbols # in the same way yajl and json do. if MultiJson.engine.to_s == 'MultiJson::Engines::OkJson' raise "Please install the yajl-ruby or json gem" end module Resque # Methods used by various classes in Resque. module Helpers class DecodeException < StandardError; end # Direct access to the Redis instance. def redis Resque.redis end # Given a Ruby object, returns a string suitable for storage in a # queue. def encode(object) ::MultiJson.encode(object) end # Given a string, returns a Ruby object. def decode(object) return unless object begin ::MultiJson.decode(object) rescue ::MultiJson::DecodeError => e raise DecodeException, e end end # Given a word with dashes, returns a camel cased version of it. # # classify('job-name') # => 'JobName' def classify(dashed_word) dashed_word.split('-').each { |part| part[0] = part[0].chr.upcase }.join end # Given a camel cased word, returns the constant it represents # # constantize('JobName') # => JobName def constantize(camel_cased_word) camel_cased_word = camel_cased_word.to_s if camel_cased_word.include?('-') camel_cased_word = classify(camel_cased_word) end names = camel_cased_word.split('::') names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty? constant = Object names.each do |name| constant = constant.const_get(name) || constant.const_missing(name) end constant end end end