Class: StringsToYamlEncoder

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(strings_array = []) ⇒ StringsToYamlEncoder

Returns a new instance of StringsToYamlEncoder.



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 7

def initialize(strings_array = [])
  @strings_array = strings_array
end

Instance Attribute Details

#strings_array ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute strings_array.



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 6

def strings_array
  @strings_array
end

Instance Method Details

#nested_hash(keys) ⇒ Object

%{ a b c d } =>

{ a => { b => { c => d } } }



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 34

def nested_hash(keys)
  first = keys.shift
  return first if keys.empty? # base case

  hash        = Hash.new
  hash[first] = nested_hash(keys)
  hash
end

#parse_strings_array(array) ⇒ Object

Returns a hash when given

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 16

def parse_strings_array(array)
  raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid strings format: missing '{\\n'") unless /{/.match(array.shift)
  raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid strings format: missing '}'")    unless /}/.match(array.pop)

  array.inject({}) do |hash,line|
    key_string, value = parse_strings_key_value(line)

    key_string = remove_quotes_from_key_string(key_string)
    keys = key_string.split('.')

    hash.merge!(nested_hash(keys + [value]))
  end
end

#parse_strings_key_value(line) ⇒ Object

Validates the format

Raises:



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 68

def parse_strings_key_value(line)
  key_string, value = line.split('=')

  key_string.strip!
  value.strip!

  raise InvalidValueError.new("Invalid strings format: Missing value for line after '=': '#{line}'")     unless valid_string?(value)
  raise InvalidKeyError.new("Invalid strings format: Missing key for line before '=': '#{line}'")        unless valid_string?(key_string)
  raise InvalidTerminatorError.new("Invalid strings format: Missing terminator ';' for line: '#{line}'") unless valid_terminator?(value)

  value = value[0..-2] # Removes the ; from the value

  return key_string, value
end

#remove_quotes_from_key_string(key_string) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 61

def remove_quotes_from_key_string(key_string)
  key_string = key_string.strip[1..-1] if key_string.strip[0]  == '"'
  key_string = key_string.strip[0..-2] if key_string.strip[-1] == '"'
  key_string
end

#to_s ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 11

def to_s
  parse_strings_array(@strings_array)
end

#valid_string?(value) ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the value is a valid string NSString

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Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 47

def valid_string?(value)
  (value       =~ /\s*"[^"]*"\s*/ ||
   value.strip =~ /\A\S+\Z/) &&
   value.strip != ';'                # handles case where no text in the value
end

#valid_terminator?(value) ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the last character of the string, ignoring spaces, is a semi-colon.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/yaml_strings/strings_to_yaml_encoder.rb', line 55

def valid_terminator?(value)
  return false if value.nil? || value == ""

  value.gsub(' ', '')[-1] == ";"
end