class Hash
Hash
Patches
Public Instance Methods
deep_merge(second)
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Merges self with another second, recursively.
This code was lovingly stolen from some random gem: gemjack.com/gems/tartan-0.1.1/classes/Hash.html
Thanks to whoever made it.
Modified to provide same functionality with Arrays
# File lib/rest_connection/patches.rb, line 36 def deep_merge(second) target = dup return target unless second unless Hash === second raise TypeError.new("can't convert #{second.class} into #{self.class}") end second.keys.each do |k| if second[k].is_a? Array and self[k].is_a? Array target[k] = target[k].deep_merge(second[k]) next elsif second[k].is_a? Hash and self[k].is_a? Hash target[k] = target[k].deep_merge(second[k]) next end target[k] = second[k] end target end
deep_merge!(second)
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From: www.gemtacular.com/gemdocs/cerberus-0.2.2/doc/classes/Hash.html File lib/cerberus/utils.rb, line 42 Modified to provide same functionality with Arrays
# File lib/rest_connection/patches.rb, line 59 def deep_merge!(second) return nil unless second unless Hash === second raise TypeError.new("can't convert #{second.class} into #{self.class}") end second.each_pair do |k,v| if self[k].is_a?(Array) and second[k].is_a?(Array) self[k].deep_merge!(second[k]) elsif self[k].is_a?(Hash) and second[k].is_a?(Hash) self[k].deep_merge!(second[k]) else self[k] = second[k] end end end