lib/rudder/dsl/util.rb in rudder-0.1.0 vs lib/rudder/dsl/util.rb in rudder-0.2.0

@@ -10,35 +10,41 @@
     module Util
       ##
       # Recursively converts keys and values
       # of a {Hash} to YAML friendly values
       #
+      # @param use_name [Boolean] when true named objects
+      #    are rendered only by name. Otherwise, renders
+      #    to {Hash} (if able), or returns the object itself.
       # @return [Hash] representation of this class
       #
-      def _deep_to_h(hash)
+      def _deep_to_h(hash, use_name = true)
         hash.map do |k, v|
-          k = _convert_h_val(k)
-          v = _convert_h_val(v)
+          k = _convert_h_val(k, use_name)
+          v = _convert_h_val(v, use_name)
           [k, v]
         end.to_h
       end
 
       ##
       # Converts non-collections to YAML safe strings
       # and collections to collections of YAML safe strings
       #
+      # @param use_name [Boolean] when true named objects
+      #    are rendered only by name. Otherwise, renders
+      #    to {Hash} (if able), or returns the object itself.
       #
-      def _convert_h_val(value)
+      def _convert_h_val(value, use_name = true)
         case value
-        when Hash
-          _deep_to_h(value)
         when Array
-          value.map { |x| _convert_h_val(x) }
+          value.map { |x| _convert_h_val(x, use_name) }
         when Symbol
           value.to_s
         else
-          if value.respond_to? :to_h
-            _deep_to_h(value.to_h)
+          if use_name && value.respond_to?(:name)
+            value.name.to_s
+          elsif value.respond_to? :to_h
+            _deep_to_h(value.to_h, use_name)
           else
             value
           end
         end
       end