Class: CsvToObject::CsvToObject

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/csv_to_object.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(input_path) ⇒ CsvToObject

Requires the path to the csv file.



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# File 'lib/csv_to_object.rb', line 9

def initialize(input_path)
  @input_path = File.open(input_path)
end

Instance Method Details

#to_objects ⇒ Object

Converts the data lines of the csv file to objects. Objects have the class of the name of the csv file. The first line of the csv file defines the attribute names for the data lines.

person.csv => [person objects]
attribute names are downcased and have spaces replaced with _.
attribute names are strings.



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# File 'lib/csv_to_object.rb', line 19

def to_objects
  objects = []
  file = File.open(@input_path)
  CSV.table(file, {header_converters: header_converter}).each do |row|
    objects << new_object(row.to_hash)
  end
  objects
end