Sparsify
Convert a deeply-nested hash into a shallow sparse hash. Useful for tools that either can't handle deeply-nested hashes or that allow partial updates via sparse hashes.
This gem is our internal implementation of our [Sparisfy Challenge][].
Usage
require 'sparsify'
Sparsify({'foo' => { 'bar' => {'baz' => 'bingo'}}})
#=> {'foo.bar.baz' => 'bingo'}
Unsparsify({'foo.bar.baz' => 'bingo'})
#=> {'foo' => { 'bar' => {'baz' => 'bingo'}}}
Advanced Usage
Custom Separator
require 'sparsify'
Sparsify({'foo' => { 'bar.bar' => {'baz' => 'bingo'}}}, separator: '|')
#=> {'foo|bar.bar|baz' => 'bingo'}
Unsparsify({'foo|bar.bar|baz' => 'bingo'}, separator: '|')
#=> {'foo' => { 'bar.bar' => {'baz' => 'bingo'}}}
Sparse Arrays
require 'sparsify'
Sparsify({'foo' => ['bar','baz','buz']}, sparse_array: true)
#=> {'foo.0'=>'bar','foo.1'=>'baz','foo.2'=>'buz'}
Unsparsify({'foo.0'=>'bar','foo.1'=>'baz','foo.2'=>'buz'}, sparse_array: true)
#=> {'foo' => ['bar','baz','buz']}
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
) - Create new Pull Request