Class: Mash

Inherits:
Hash show all
Defined in:
lib/mash.rb

Overview

This class has dubious semantics and we only have it so that people can write params instead of params.

Direct Known Subclasses

RSolr::Ext::Response::Base

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Hash

#to_mash

Constructor Details

#initialize(constructor = {}) ⇒ Mash

Returns a new instance of Mash.

Parameters:

  • constructor (Object) (defaults to: {})

    The default value for the mash. Defaults to an empty hash.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 11

def initialize(constructor = {})
  if constructor.is_a?(Hash) 
    super() 
    update(constructor) 
  else 
    super(constructor) 
  end 
end

Instance Method Details

#[]=(key, value) ⇒ Object

Parameters:

  • key (Object)

    The key to set.

  • value (Object)

    The value to set the key to.

See Also:

  • #convert_key
  • #convert_value


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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 42

def []=(key, value) 
  regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value)) 
end

#default(key = nil) ⇒ Object

Parameters:

  • key (Object) (defaults to: nil)

    The default value for the mash. Defaults to nil.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 25

def default(key = nil) 
  if key.is_a?(Symbol) && include?(key = key.to_s) 
    self[key] 
  else 
    super 
  end 
end

#delete(key) ⇒ Object

Parameters:

  • key (Object)

    The key to delete from the mash.\



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 100

def delete(key) 
  super(convert_key(key)) 
end

#dupMash

Returns A duplicate of this mash.

Returns:

  • (Mash)

    A duplicate of this mash.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 87

def dup 
  Mash.new(self) 
end

#fetch(key, *extras) ⇒ Object

Returns The value at key or the default value.

Parameters:

  • key (Object)

    The key to fetch. This will be run through convert_key.

  • *extras (Array)

    Default value.

Returns:

  • (Object)

    The value at key or the default value.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 74

def fetch(key, *extras) 
  super(convert_key(key), *extras) 
end

#key?(key) ⇒ TrueClass, FalseClass Also known as: include?, has_key?, member?

Returns True if the key exists in the mash.

Parameters:

  • key (Object)

    The key to check for. This will be run through convert_key.

Returns:

  • (TrueClass, FalseClass)

    True if the key exists in the mash.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 61

def key?(key) 
  super(convert_key(key)) 
end

#merge(hash) ⇒ Mash

Returns A new mash with the hash values merged in.

Parameters:

  • hash (Hash)

    The hash to merge with the mash.

Returns:

  • (Mash)

    A new mash with the hash values merged in.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 94

def merge(hash) 
  self.dup.update(hash) 
end

#regular_updateObject



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 34

alias_method :regular_update, :update

#regular_writerObject



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 33

alias_method :regular_writer, :[]=

#stringify_keys!Mash

Used to provide the same interface as Hash.

Returns:

  • (Mash)

    This mash unchanged.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 107

def stringify_keys!; self end

#to_hashHash

Returns The mash as a Hash with string keys.

Returns:

  • (Hash)

    The mash as a Hash with string keys.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 110

def to_hash 
  Hash.new(default).merge(self) 
end

#update(other_hash) ⇒ Mash Also known as: merge!

Returns The updated mash.

Parameters:

  • other_hash (Hash)

    A hash to update values in the mash with. The keys and the values will be converted to Mash format.

Returns:

  • (Mash)

    The updated mash.



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 51

def update(other_hash) 
  other_hash.each_pair { |key, value| regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value)) } 
  self 
end

#values_at(*indices) ⇒ Array

Returns The values at each of the provided keys.

Parameters:

  • *indices (Array)

    The keys to retrieve values for. These will be run through convert_key.

Returns:

  • (Array)

    The values at each of the provided keys



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# File 'lib/mash.rb', line 82

def values_at(*indices) 
  indices.collect {|key| self[convert_key(key)]} 
end