SuperStruct

SuperStruct overwrites the standard Struct initializer to add the ability to create an instance from a Hash of parameters.

Compared with the original version, it provides the following additional features:

• ability to initialize an instance from Hash
• ability to pass a block on creation

SuperStruct was written by Simone Carletti for whois

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'superstruct'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install superstruct

Usage

class Band < SuperStruct.new(:name, :genre)
end
Band.new({name: 'The Beatles', genre: 'Rock'})
# => #<struct Band name="The Beatles", genre="Rock">

@overload initialize({ Symbol => Object })
  Initializes the object with a key/value hash.
  @param [{ Symbol => Object }] values
  @return [SuperStruct]
@overload initialize([ value1, value1, ... ])
  Initializes the object with given values.
  @param [Array] values
  @return [SuperStruct]
@overload initialize(value1, value1, ...)
  Initializes the object with given values.
  @return [SuperStruct]

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/martin-schmidt/superstruct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.