OpenStruct to hash
OpenStruct is a handy class in ruby’s stdlib. I’ve used it in the past for creating test data, instead of using factory girl. It’s fast, and the fact that it behaves like a Hash, makes it super easy for stubbing object behaviours.
The other day, I had this requirement to convert an open struct instance into a hash. I foolishly tried to_hash call, considering that it acts as a hash, so there must be a to_hash call on it. But, unfortunately, there isn’t any to_hash methods on OpenStruct. However, there are other ways to convert an open struct instance to a hash quite easily. Here’s how:
Option 1
os = OpenStruct.new(:id => 12)
os.marshal_dump # returns the hash {:id=>12}
Option 2
os = OpenStruct.new(:id => 12)
os.instance_variable_get(:@table) # returns the hash {:id=>12}