lib/cockpit/core/settings.rb in cockpit-0.2.3 vs lib/cockpit/core/settings.rb in cockpit-0.2.4

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# http://refactormycode.com/codes/1204-nested-hash-from-delimiter-separated-string
 module Cockpit
   # settings have one direct definition and many child proxy
   class Settings
     include Global
     
@@ -177,9 +178,25 @@
     end
     
     def empty?(key)
       value = self[key]
       value.respond_to?(:empty?) ? value.empty? : !value
+    end
+    
+    def to_tree
+      keys.inject({}) do |result, path|
+        curr = result
+        names = path.split(".")
+        names.each do |name|
+          if name == names.last
+            curr[name] = Cockpit::Settings[path]
+          else
+            curr[name] ||= {}
+            curr = curr[name]
+          end
+        end
+        result
+      end
     end
     
     protected
     
     def method_missing(method, *args, &block)