Module: HashPick

Defined in:
lib/hash_pick.rb,
lib/hash_pick/version.rb

Overview

Fetch a value from a nested dictionary

Provides methods for fetching a value from a nested dictionary (an object that implements include? and fetch), using a key path expressed as a list (an object that implements inject).

The key path is iterated. In each iteration, the key is looked up in the dictionary, and the value found is used as the dictionary for the next iteration. Lookup failure immediately returns nil.

Examples:

Indifferent hash path


require "hash_pick"

dict = {
  people: {
    "sheldon": {
      first_name: "Sheldon",
      last_name: "Hearn",
      contacts: {
        "email": "sheldonh@starjuice",
      }
    },
    "charles": {
      first_name: "Charles",
      last_name: "Mulder",
    }
  }
}

HashPick[dict, %w{people sheldon contacts email}] # -> "sheldonh@starjuice"
HashPick[dict, %w{people charles contacts email}] # -> nil

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.2.0"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.indifferent(hash, path) ⇒ Object? Also known as: []

Fetch value from dictionary using string or symbol key path

Each value in the path is used as a symbol or, if symbol lookup fails, a string.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if hash isn’t a dictionary.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if path isn’t a list.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if any key in path is nil.



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# File 'lib/hash_pick.rb', line 52

def self.indifferent(hash, path)
  assert_non_nil_path_keys(path)

  pick(hash, path) do |acc, p|
    if acc.include?(p.to_sym)
      acc.fetch(p.to_sym)
    elsif acc.include?(p.to_s)
      acc[p.to_s]
    else
      throw :break
    end
  end
end

.object(hash, path) ⇒ Object?

Fetch value from dictionary using object key path

Each value in the path is used as is.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if hash isn’t a dictionary.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if path isn’t a list.



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# File 'lib/hash_pick.rb', line 159

def self.object(hash, path)
  pick(hash, path) { |acc, p| acc[p] }
end

.pick(hash, path, &block) ⇒ Object?

General form of hash path iteration

Passes to block, the dictionary and hash key for each iteration of the hash path, using the return value of the block as the dictionary for the next iteration, or as the return value of the last iteration. If the block throws :break, iteration is aborted.

Examples:

Complex hash path semantics


require "hash_pick"

dict = {
  live: true,
  sheldon: {
    live: true,
    first_name: "Sheldon",
    last_name: "Hearn",
  },
  charles: {
    first_name: "Charles",
    last_name: "Mulder",
  }
}

HashPick.pick(dict, [:sheldon, :first_name]) do |p, k|
  throw :break unless p[:live] and p.include?(k)
  p[k]
end
# => "Sheldon"

HashPick.pick(dict, [:charles, :first_name]) do |p, k|
  throw :break unless p[:live] and p.include?(k)
  p[k]
end
# => "Hearn"

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if hash isn’t a dictionary.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if path isn’t a list.



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# File 'lib/hash_pick.rb', line 111

def self.pick(hash, path, &block)
  assert_dictionary(hash)
  assert_enumerable_path(path)
  catch(:break) do
    path.inject(hash) do |acc, p|
      break unless dictionary?(acc)
      block.call(acc, p)
    end
  end
end

.string(hash, path) ⇒ Object?

Fetch value from dictionary using string key path

Each value in the path is used as a string.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if hash isn’t a dictionary.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if path isn’t a list.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if any key in path is nil.



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# File 'lib/hash_pick.rb', line 198

def self.string(hash, path)
  assert_non_nil_path_keys(path)
  object(hash, path.map(&:to_s))
end

.symbol(hash, path) ⇒ Object?

Fetch value from dictionary using symbol key path

Each value in the path is used as a symbol.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if hash isn’t a dictionary.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if path isn’t a list.

  • (ArgumentError) —

    if any key in path is nil.



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# File 'lib/hash_pick.rb', line 178

def self.symbol(hash, path)
  assert_non_nil_path_keys(path)
  object(hash, path.map(&:to_sym))
end