From: Sam Kong <sam.s.kong@...>
Date: 2005-11-02T11:17:08+09:00
Subject: How can I avoid this boring code?

Hi!

I'm creating a class.
I wonder if there's a better way.

require 'dbi'

class Person
  attr_accessor :person_id,
    :last_name,
    :first_name,
    :home_phone,
    :work_phone,
    :address,
    :city,
    :state,
    :zip

  def initialize(row=nil)
    if row.class == DBI::Row then
      @person_id = row.by_field("person_id")
      @last_name = row.by_field("last_name")
      @first_name = row.by_field("first_name")
      @home_phone = row.by_field("home_phone")
      @work_phone = row.by_field("work_phone")
      @address = row.by_field("address")
      @city = row.by_field("city")
      @state = row.by_field("state")
      @zip = row.by_field("zip")
    end
  end
end

The code in initialize method is very boring.
How could I make it simpler?

Thanks in advance.

Sam