# NOTE: https://blog.daveallie.com/clean-monkey-patching/ require 'active_support/core_ext/hash' require 'json' module Ensurance module HashEnsure def self.prepended(base) base.singleton_class.prepend(ClassMethods) end module ClassMethods def ensure(thing) case thing.class.name when "Hash","HashWithIndifferentAccess" thing when "String" JSON.parse(thing) when "NilClass" nil else if thing.respond_to?(:to_h) begin thing.to_h rescue TypeError raise ArgumentError.new("Unhandled Type for Hash to ensure: #{thing.class}") end else raise ArgumentError.new("Unhandled Type for Hash to ensure: #{thing.class}") end end end end end end ::Hash.prepend( Ensurance::HashEnsure )