cwyckoff-hash_builder 0.0.2 → 0.0.3

data/README.rdoc

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Are you tired of ugly, cumbersome hashes cluttering up your Rails models and con
 == Examples
 
 
-=== Definitions
+=== Defining
 
 Let's say you want to build a hash of user contact information.  In a separate file, set up a hash definition:
 
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ Let's say you want to build a hash of user contact information.  In a separate f
       bldr[:zip] = "04656"
     end 
 
+    bldr.build_hash(:personal) do
+      bldr[:gender] = "male"
+      bldr[:age] = "50"
+      bldr[:married] = false
+    end 
+
   end 
 
 
 === Building
 
-Each definition requires a key -- in this case :contact_info.  Moreover, within the contact definition, you may set up namespaces (:name and :address) to further organize your hash content.
+Each definition requires a key -- in this case :contact_info.  Moreover, within the contact definition, you may set up namespaces (:name, :address, and :personal) to further organize your hash content.
 
 In order to build your hash, simply call
 
@@ -51,13 +57,16 @@ which will return
     :city => "Crabapple Cove",
     :state => "ME",
     :zip => "04656",
+    :gender => "mail",
+    :age => "50",
+    :married => false,
   }
 
 If you want to build an individual namespace, call
 
   HashBuilder.build_namespace(:contact_info, :address)
 
-which will return only 
+which will return only the :address section of the hash
 
   { 
     :street => "123 Main St.",
@@ -73,8 +82,20 @@ To select multiple namespaces, set them in a block:
     b.using :address
   end
 
+which returns only the :name and :address sections of the hash
+
+  { 
+    :title => "Dr.",
+    :f_name => "Hawkeye",
+    :l_name => "Pierce",
+    :street => "123 Main St.",
+    :city => "Crabapple Cove",
+    :state => "ME",
+    :zip => "04656",
+  }
 
-=== Additional Variables
+
+=== Variables
 
 You may pass additional variables to your hash definition when you build it.  Simply pass them after the definition key.
 
@@ -101,6 +122,12 @@ All of this assumes that you will now yield the additional variables in the hash
       bldr[:zip] = user.zip
     end 
 
+    bldr.build_hash(:personal) do |user|
+      bldr[:gender] = user.gender
+      bldr[:age] = user.age
+      bldr[:married] = user.married
+    end 
+
   end 
   
 

data/lib/hash_builder.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
+
+require "hash_builder/hash_builder"

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: cwyckoff-hash_builder
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.0.2
+  version: 0.0.3
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Chris Wyckoff
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extra_rdoc_files:
 - MIT-LICENSE
 files: 
 - init.rb
+- lib/hash_builder.rb
 - lib/hash_builder/hash_builder.rb
 - README.rdoc
 - MIT-LICENSE