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module MasterView
  # Extends Hash to allow case insensitive access to data using any case string or symbol,
  # however it retains the original case when iterated on. When updating a value it first checks
  # for the existence of a case indendependent key and if found uses that for storage key,
  # thus the first form to store determines the case.
  class CaseInsensitiveHash < Hash
    def initialize
      super
      init_lcks_map
    end
    
    # uses a lowercased symbol to find original key which is then used to find value
    def [](key)
      original_key = @lcks_to_original_key[convert_to_lcs(key)]
      (original_key.nil?) ? nil : super(original_key)
    end

    # put value into map first checking if there is already an entry using lowercased
    # symbol, if so use it (it determines key case), otherwise add new entry
    def []=(key, value)
      lcks = convert_to_lcs(key)
      original_key = @lcks_to_original_key[lcks]
      if original_key.nil? # not found so create new original key in map
        @lcks_to_original_key[lcks] = key
        original_key = key
      end
      super(original_key, value)
    end

    alias :store :[]=

    # build hash from another hash
    def replace(hash)
      super(hash)
      init_lcks_map
      hash.each do |k,v|
        @lcks_to_original_key[convert_to_lcs(k)] = k
      end
    end

    # retrieves the lowercased string value for the key
    def get_lowercase_str_value(key)
      value = self[key]
      unless value.nil?
        if value.is_a? String
          value.downcase!
        elsif value.is_a? Symbol
          value = value.to_s.downcase
        else
          value = value.inspect.downcase
        end
      end
      value
    end

    private

    # reset lowercased symbol map
    def init_lcks_map
      @lcks_to_original_key = {} # lower case key symbol to original key map
    end

    # convert to lowercased symbol
    def convert_to_lcs(key)
      key.to_s.downcase.to_sym
    end
    
  end
end

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
masterview-0.3.0	lib/masterview/case_insensitive_hash.rb
masterview-0.3.1	lib/masterview/case_insensitive_hash.rb
masterview-0.3.2	lib/masterview/case_insensitive_hash.rb
masterview-0.3.3	lib/masterview/case_insensitive_hash.rb
masterview-0.3.4	lib/masterview/case_insensitive_hash.rb