Class: Serializer::Serializable

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
HappyMapper
Defined in:
lib/serializer/serializable.rb

Overview

Note:

Copyright © 2012 by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. See LICENSE for details.

Some utility methods to faciliate serialization of data fields to Hash, JSON, or YAML shared by all subclasses. This class assumes that HappyMapper is used for declaration of fields to be serialized.

Data Model

  • Serializable = utility methods to faciliate serialization to Hash, JSON, or YAML

    • Manifest = adds methods for marshalling/unmarshalling data to a persistent XML file format

See Also:

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(opts = {}) ⇒ Serializable

A flexible initializer based on the DataMapper “create factory” design pattern.

Parameters:

  • opts (Hash<Symbol,Object>) (defaults to: {}) —

    a hash containing any number of symbol => value pairs. The symbols should correspond to attributes declared using HappyMapper syntax

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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 22

def initialize(opts={})
  opts.each do |key, value|
    if variable_names.include?(key.to_s) || key == :test
      instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
    else
      raise "#{key} is not a variable name in #{self.class.name}"
    end
  end
end

Class Method Details

.deep_diff(*hashes) ⇒ Hash

Returns Generate a hash containing the differences between two hashes (recursively descend parallel trees of hashes).

Parameters:

  • hashes (Array<Hash>) —

    The hashes to be compared, with optional name tags

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    Generate a hash containing the differences between two hashes (recursively descend parallel trees of hashes)

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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 141

def Serializable.deep_diff(*hashes)
  diff = Hash.new
  case hashes.length
    when 4
      ltag, left, rtag, right = hashes
    when 2
      ltag, left, rtag, right = :left, hashes[0], :right, hashes[1]
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "wrong number of arguments (#{hashes.length} for 2 or 4)"
  end
  (left.keys | right.keys).each do |k|
    if left[k] != right[k]
      if left[k].is_a?(Hash) && right[k].is_a?(Hash)
        diff[k] = deep_diff(ltag, left[k], rtag, right[k])
      else
        diff[k] = Hash.[](ltag, left[k], rtag, right[k])
      end
    end
  end
  diff
end

Instance Method Details

#array_to_hash(array, summary = false) ⇒ Hash

Returns Generate a hash from an array of objects. If the array member has a field tagged as a key, that field will be used as the hash.key. Otherwise the index position of the array member will be used as the key.

Parameters:

  • array (Array) —

    The array to be converted to a hash

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    Generate a hash from an array of objects. If the array member has a field tagged as a key, that field will be used as the hash.key. Otherwise the index position of the array member will be used as the key



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 83

def array_to_hash(array,summary=false)
  item_hash = Hash.new
  array.each_index do |index|
    item = array[index]
    ikey = (item.respond_to?(:key) && item.key) ?  item.key : index
    item_hash[ikey] =  item.respond_to?(:to_hash) ? item.to_hash(summary) : item
  end
  item_hash
end

#diff(other) ⇒ Hash

Returns Generate a hash containing the differences between two objects of the same type.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    Generate a hash containing the differences between two objects of the same type



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 122

def diff(other)
  raise "Cannot compare different classes" if self.class != other.class
  left = other.to_hash
  right = self.to_hash
  if self.key.nil? or other.key.nil?
    ltag = :old
    rtag = :new
  else
    ltag = other.key
    rtag = self.key
  end
  Serializable.deep_diff(ltag, left, rtag, right)
end

#key ⇒ String

Returns For the current object instance, return the string to use as a hash key.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    For the current object instance, return the string to use as a hash key



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 73

def key
  return self.send(key_name) if key_name
  nil
end

#key_name ⇒ String

Returns Determine which attribute was marked as an object instance key. Keys are indicated by option :key=true when declaring the object’s variables. This follows the same convention as used by DataMapper.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    Determine which attribute was marked as an object instance key. Keys are indicated by option :key=true when declaring the object’s variables. This follows the same convention as used by DataMapper

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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 58

def key_name
  if not defined?(@key_name)
    @key_name = nil
    self.class.attributes.each do |attribute|
      if attribute.options[:key]
        @key_name = attribute.name
        break
      end
    end
  end
  @key_name
end

#summary ⇒ Hash

Returns Calls to_hash(summary=true).

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    Calls to_hash(summary=true)



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 115

def summary
  self.to_hash(summary=true)
end

#to_hash(summary = false) ⇒ Hash

Returns Recursively generate an Hash containing the object’s properties.

Parameters:

  • summary (Boolean) (defaults to: false) —

    Controls the depth and detail of recursion

Returns:

  • (Hash) —

    Recursively generate an Hash containing the object’s properties



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 96

def to_hash(summary=false)
  oh = Hash.new
  vars = summary ? variables.select{|v| summary_fields.include?(v.name)} : variables
  vars.each do |variable|
    key = variable.name.to_s
    value = self.send(variable.name)
    case value
      when Array
        oh[key] = array_to_hash(value,summary)
      when Serializable
        oh[key] = value.to_hash
      else
        oh[key] = value
    end
  end
  oh
end

#to_json(summary = false) ⇒ String

Returns Generate JSON output from a hash of the object’s variables.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    Generate JSON output from a hash of the object’s variables



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 165

def to_json(summary=false)
  hash=self.to_hash(summary)
  JSON.pretty_generate(hash)
end

#to_yaml(summary = false) ⇒ String

Returns Generate YAML output from a hash of the object’s variables.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    Generate YAML output from a hash of the object’s variables



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 172

def to_yaml(summary=false)
  self.to_hash(summary).to_yaml
end

#variable_names ⇒ Array

Returns Extract the names of the variables.

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    Extract the names of the variables



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 49

def variable_names
  variables.collect { |variable| variable.name}
end

#variables ⇒ Array

Returns A list of HappyMapper xml attribute, element and text nodes declared for the class.

Returns:

  • (Array) —

    A list of HappyMapper xml attribute, element and text nodes declared for the class



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# File 'lib/serializer/serializable.rb', line 34

def variables
  attributes = self.class.attributes
  elements   = self.class.elements
  attributes + elements
  # text_node enhancement added by unhappymapper, which is not being used
  # It enables elements having both attributes and a text value
  #text_node = []
  #if self.class.instance_variable_defined?("@text_node")
  #  text_node << self.class.instance_variable_get("@text_node")
  #end
  #attributes + elements + text_node
end