From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-06-05T04:00:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ][SOLUTION] Hash to OpenStruct (#81)

Here's mine:

% cat hash_to_open_struct2.rb
require 'yaml'
require 'ostruct'
class Object
   def hash_to_ostruct(visited = [])
     self
   end
end

class Array
   def hash_to_ostruct(visited = [])
     map { |x| x.hash_to_ostruct(visited) }
   end
end

class Hash
   def hash_to_ostruct(visited = [])
     os = OpenStruct.new
     each do |k, v|
       item = visited.find { |x| x.first.object_id == v.object_id }
       if item
	os.send("#{k}=", item.last)
       else
	os.send("#{k}=", v.hash_to_ostruct(visited + [ [self, os] ]))
       end
     end
     os
   end
end

yaml_source = <<YAML
---
foo: 1
bar:
   baz: [1, 2, 3]
   quux: 42
   doctors:
     - William Hartnell
     - Patrick Troughton
     - Jon Pertwee
     - Tom Baker
     - Peter Davison
     - Colin Baker
     - Sylvester McCoy
     - Paul McGann
     - Christopher Eccleston
     - David Tennant
     - {w: 1, t: 7}
   a: {x: 1, y: 2, z: 3}
YAML
evil_yaml = <<EVIL
---
&verily
lemurs:
   unite: *verily
   beneath:
     - patagonian
     - bread
     - products
thusly: [1, 2, 3, 4]
EVIL

loaded = YAML.load(yaml_source).hash_to_ostruct
p loaded.bar.doctors.last.w

evil_loaded = YAML.load(evil_yaml).hash_to_ostruct
p evil_loaded.lemurs.beneath
p evil_loaded.lemurs.unite.thusly


% ruby hash_to_open_struct2.rb
1
["patagonian", "bread", "products"]
[1, 2, 3, 4]