From: unbewusst.sein@... (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9vue?=) Date: 2010-05-16T15:50:15+09:00 Subject: Re: class best way for getters ? Robert Klemme wrote: > But the question remains, whether this is a good idea. Think about it: > either you do not know keys beforehand. Then you can only use generic > algorithms (i.e. query all keys and print their values). Or you do know > keys beforehand and then you want to explicitly access individual keys > (e.g. obj.name). > > If you know the names you can use Struct, e.g. First, thanks a lot for your answer ! Thats's my case, i know in advance all of the keywords. In fact i get a String as input, something like : "name: the_name_value, modification date: the date & time in default lang, ..." and i populate a hash : h[:name] = the_name_value h[:modification_date] = DateTime of("the date & time in default lang") et c... Then, I'll have a look on Struct. -- � Je suis s�r que la ga�t� ambigu� du dr�le de gar�on qui a bu du whisky et fait le z�bre sur un vieux ca�man � No�l dans le ca�on, a �t� b�n�fique � l'�me du po�te bl�me, ainsi qu'� son c�ur & c�tera ! � (� Jean-Paul Blanc)