class Sinatra::IndifferentHash

A poor man's ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess, with all the Rails-y stuff removed.

Implements a hash where keys :foo and "foo" are considered to be the same.

rgb = Sinatra::IndifferentHash.new

rgb[:black]    =  '#000000' # symbol assignment
rgb[:black]  # => '#000000' # symbol retrieval
rgb['black'] # => '#000000' # string retrieval

rgb['white']   =  '#FFFFFF' # string assignment
rgb[:white]  # => '#FFFFFF' # symbol retrieval
rgb['white'] # => '#FFFFFF' # string retrieval

Internally, symbols are mapped to strings when used as keys in the entire writing interface (calling e.g. []=, merge). This mapping belongs to the public interface. For example, given:

hash = Sinatra::IndifferentHash.new(:a=>1)

You are guaranteed that the key is returned as a string:

hash.keys # => ["a"]

Technically other types of keys are accepted:

hash = Sinatra::IndifferentHash.new(:a=>1)
hash[0] = 0
hash # => { "a"=>1, 0=>0 }

But this class is intended for use cases where strings or symbols are the expected keys and it is convenient to understand both as the same. For example the params hash in Sinatra.

Public Class Methods

[](*args) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 47
def self.[](*args)
  new.merge!(Hash[*args])
end
new(*args) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 51
def initialize(*args)
  args.map!(&method(:convert_value))

  super(*args)
end

Public Instance Methods

[](key) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 81
def [](key)
  super(convert_key(key))
end
[]=(key, value) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 85
def []=(key, value)
  super(convert_key(key), convert_value(value))
end
Also aliased as: store
assoc(key) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 67
def assoc(key)
  super(convert_key(key))
end
default(*args) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 57
def default(*args)
  args.map!(&method(:convert_key))

  super(*args)
end
default=(value) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 63
def default=(value)
  super(convert_value(value))
end
delete(key) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 109
def delete(key)
  super(convert_key(key))
end
dig(key, *other_keys) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 113
def dig(key, *other_keys)
  super(convert_key(key), *other_keys)
end
fetch(key, *args) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 75
def fetch(key, *args)
  args.map!(&method(:convert_value))

  super(convert_key(key), *args)
end
fetch_values(*keys) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 117
def fetch_values(*keys)
  keys.map!(&method(:convert_key))

  super(*keys)
end
has_key?(key)
Alias for: key?
has_value?(value)
Alias for: value?
include?(key)
Alias for: key?
key(value) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 91
def key(value)
  super(convert_value(value))
end
key?(key) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 95
def key?(key)
  super(convert_key(key))
end
Also aliased as: has_key?, include?, member?
member?(key)
Alias for: key?
merge(*other_hashes, &block) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 153
def merge(*other_hashes, &block)
  dup.merge!(*other_hashes, &block)
end
merge!(*other_hashes) { |key, self, value| ... } click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 135
def merge!(*other_hashes)
  other_hashes.each do |other_hash|
    if other_hash.is_a?(self.class)
      super(other_hash)
    else
      other_hash.each_pair do |key, value|
        key = convert_key(key)
        value = yield(key, self[key], value) if block_given? && key?(key)
        self[key] = convert_value(value)
      end
    end
  end

  self
end
Also aliased as: update
rassoc(value) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 71
def rassoc(value)
  super(convert_value(value))
end
replace(other_hash) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 157
def replace(other_hash)
  super(other_hash.is_a?(self.class) ? other_hash : self.class[other_hash])
end
slice(*keys) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 123
def slice(*keys)
  keys.map!(&method(:convert_key))

  self.class[super(*keys)]
end
store(key, value)
Alias for: []=
transform_keys(&block) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 173
def transform_keys(&block)
  dup.transform_keys!(&block)
end
transform_keys!() click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 177
def transform_keys!
  super
  super(&method(:convert_key))
end
transform_values(&block) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 162
def transform_values(&block)
  dup.transform_values!(&block)
end
transform_values!() click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 166
def transform_values!
  super
  super(&method(:convert_value))
end
update(*other_hashes)
Alias for: merge!
value?(value) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 103
def value?(value)
  super(convert_value(value))
end
Also aliased as: has_value?
values_at(*keys) click to toggle source
Calls superclass method
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 129
def values_at(*keys)
  keys.map!(&method(:convert_key))

  super(*keys)
end

Private Instance Methods

convert_key(key) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 185
def convert_key(key)
  key.is_a?(Symbol) ? key.to_s : key
end
convert_value(value) click to toggle source
# File lib/sinatra/indifferent_hash.rb, line 189
def convert_value(value)
  case value
  when Hash
    value.is_a?(self.class) ? value : self.class[value]
  when Array
    value.map(&method(:convert_value))
  else
    value
  end
end