module Imdb class Movie ## # Turn Any hash into attributes of a class # # Imdb::Movie.new({:Title => "Darkwing Duck", :Year => "1991"}) # def initialize(attributes) attributes.each do |k,v| k = k.downcase self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v) ## create and initialize an instance variable for this key/value pair self.class.send(:define_method, k, proc{self.instance_variable_get("@#{k}")}) ## create the getter that returns the instance variable self.class.send(:define_method, "#{k}=", proc{|v| self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)}) ## create the setter that sets the instance variable end end end end