Aston
The tiny library providing a tooling to deal with ASTON, which is like JSON, but isomorphic to XML.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'aston'
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install aston
Usage
Aston.new(:root).
then { |a| a.put_attribute([:bar, :baz], 'attr', 'value') }.
then { |a| a.put_content([:bar, :baz], 'Hello, world!') }
#⇒ #<Aston:0x0000646926a11370
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000646926a112f8 @data={}>,
# @content=
# #<Aston::Content:0x0000646926a112d0
# @data=
# [#<Aston:0x0000646926a110f0
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000646926a11078 @data={}>,
# @content=
# #<Aston::Content:0x0000646926a11050
# @data=
# [#<Aston:0x0000646926a10f38
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000646926a10ec0 @data={"attr"=>"value"}>,
# @content=#<Aston::Content:0x0000646926a10e98 @data=["Hello, world!"]>,
# @name=:baz>]>,
# @name=:bar>]>,
# @name=:root>
#to_s
puts Aston.new(:root).
then { |a| a.put_attribute([:bar, :baz], 'attr', 'value') }.
then { |a| a.put_content([:bar, :baz], "Hello, world!") }.
to_s
<!-- Aston:1380:root -->
<root>
<!-- Aston:1400:bar -->
<bar>
<!-- Aston:1420:baz -->
<baz attr='value'>
Hello, world!
</baz>
</bar>
</root>
#to_json
puts Aston.new(:root).
then { |a| a.put_attribute([:bar, :baz], 'attr', 'value') }.
then { |a| a.put_content([:bar, :baz], "Hello, world!") }.
to_json
#⇒ {"name":"root","attributes":{},"content":[
# {"name":"bar","attributes":{},"content":[
# {"name":"baz","attributes":{"attr":"value"},"content":["Hello, world!"]}]}]}
Aston#parse_hash
json = Aston.new(:root).
then { |a| a.put_attribute([:bar, :baz], 'attr', 'value') }.
then { |a| a.put_content([:bar, :baz], "Hello, world!") }.
to_json
Aston.parse_hash(JSON.parse(json))
#⇒ #<Aston:0x0000643279caa890
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279caa868 @data={}>,
# @content=
# #<Aston::Content:0x0000643279caa840
# @data=
# [#<Aston:0x0000643279caa930
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279caa908 @data={}>,
# @content=
# #<Aston::Content:0x0000643279caa8e0
# @data=
# [#<Aston:0x0000643279caa9d0
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279caa9a8 @data={"attr"=>"value"}>,
# @content=#<Aston::Content:0x0000643279caa980 @data=["Hello, world!"]>,
# @name="baz">]>,
# @name="bar">]>,
# @name="root">
#update_in
a = Aston.new :aston, attributes: { foo: :bar }
a.put_attribute %i[bar baz], :ok, 42
a.put_content %i[bar baz], 'Hello'
a.update_in %i[bar baz] do |content|
content <<
Aston.new(:seq, attributes: { name: :seq1 }) <<
Aston.new(:seq, attributes: { name: :seq2 }) <<
Aston.new(:seq, attributes: { name: :seq3 })
end
#⇒ [#<Aston:0x0000643279c616e0
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279c61668 @data={:ok=>42}>,
# @content=
# #<Aston::Content:0x0000643279c61640
# @data=
# ["Hello",
# #<Aston:0x0000643279c60d58
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279c60d08 @data={:name=>:seq1}>,
# @content=#<Aston::Content:0x0000643279c60ce0 @data=[]>,
# @name=:seq>,
# #<Aston:0x0000643279c60c68
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279c60c18 @data={:name=>:seq2}>,
# @content=#<Aston::Content:0x0000643279c60bc8 @data=[]>,
# @name=:seq>,
# #<Aston:0x0000643279c60b50
# @attributes=#<Aston::Attributes:0x0000643279c60b00 @data={:name=>:seq3}>,
# @content=#<Aston::Content:0x0000643279c60ad8 @data=[]>,
# @name=:seq>]>,
# @name=:baz>]
#update_in
returns an array of updated elements on the path given. Unlike #update_in
.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting in the Aston project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.