Module: Serializable

Included in:

Friends::Event, Friends::Friend, Friends::Location

Defined in:

lib/friends/serializable.rb

Overview

Serializable provides functionality around serialization to the classes that extend it. This includes a class method to deserialize a string and create an instance of the class.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: SerializationError

Instance Method Summary

• #deserialize(str) ⇒ Object

  Note: this method assumes the calling class provides the following methods: - deserialization_regex a regex for the string which includes named parameters for the different initializer arguments - deserialization_expectation a string for what was expected, if the regex does not match.

Instance Method Details

#deserialize(str) ⇒ Object

Note: this method assumes the calling class provides the following methods:

- deserialization_regex
    a regex for the string which includes named parameters for the
    different initializer arguments
- deserialization_expectation
    a string for what was expected, if the regex does not match

Parameters:

• str (String) —

  the serialized object string

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the object represented by the serialized string

# File 'lib/friends/serializable.rb', line 16

def deserialize(str)
  match = str.to_s.match(deserialization_regex)

  unless match
    raise SerializationError,
          "Expected \"#{deserialization_expectation}\""
  end

  args = match.names.
         map { |name| { name.to_sym => match[name.to_sym] } }.
         reduce(:merge).
         reject { |_, v| v.nil? }

  new(**args)
end