lib/cinnamon_serial/base.rb in cinnamon_serial-2.0.0 vs lib/cinnamon_serial/base.rb in cinnamon_serial-2.1.0

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
                 :obj,
                 :opts,
                 :klasses
 
     def initialize(obj, opts = {}, klasses = Set.new)
-      @obj     = obj
+      @obj     = normalize_object(obj)
       @opts    = opts || {}
       @klasses = klasses
 
       materialize_data
       execute_hydrate_blocks
@@ -88,8 +88,15 @@
           instance_eval(&block)
         end
       end
 
       nil
+    end
+
+    # We would like to support hashes, but would rather stay object-based.  So what we
+    # can do is just simply convert hashes to OpenStruct objects so they behave more like
+    # objects.
+    def normalize_object(obj)
+      obj.is_a?(Hash) ? OpenStruct.new(obj) : obj
     end
   end
 end