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class Hash
  def with_indifferent_access
    MerbHash.new(self)
  end
end  

# like HashWithIndifferentAccess from ActiveSupport.
class MerbHash < Hash
  def initialize(constructor = {})
    if constructor.is_a?(Hash)
      super()
      update(constructor)
    else
      super(constructor)
    end
  end
 
  def default(key)
    self[key.to_s] if key.is_a?(Symbol)
  end  

  alias_method :regular_writer, :[]= unless method_defined?(:regular_writer)
  alias_method :regular_update, :update unless method_defined?(:regular_update)
  alias_method :u, :regular_update
  
  def []=(key, value)
    regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value))
  end

  def update(other_hash)
    other_hash.each_pair { |key, value| regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value)) }
    self
  end
  
  alias_method :merge!, :update

  def key?(key)
    super(convert_key(key))
  end

  alias_method :include?, :key?
  alias_method :has_key?, :key?
  alias_method :member?, :key?

  def fetch(key, *extras)
    super(convert_key(key), *extras)
  end

  def values_at(*indices)
    indices.collect {|key| self[convert_key(key)]}
  end

  def dup
    MerbHash.new(self)
  end
  
  def merge(hash)
    self.dup.update(hash)
  end

  def delete(key)
    super(convert_key(key))
  end

  # allow merbhash.key to work the same as merbhash[key]
  def method_missing(m,*a)
    m.to_s =~ /=$/?self[$`]=a[0]:a==[]?self[m]:raise(NoMethodError,"#{m}")
  end
  
  protected
    def convert_key(key)
      key.kind_of?(Symbol) ? key.to_s : key
    end
    def convert_value(value)
      value.is_a?(Hash) ? value.with_indifferent_access : value
    end
end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
merb-0.0.8	lib/merb/core_ext/merb_hash.rb
merb-0.0.9	lib/merb/core_ext/merb_hash.rb
merb-0.1.0	lib/merb/core_ext/merb_hash.rb