Is there a way to initialize an object through a hash?

constructor, hash, initialization, ruby

Solution

You can define an initialize function on your class:

class A
  attr_accessor :b,:c,:d
  def initialize(h)
    h.each {|k,v| public_send("#{k}=",v)}
  end
end

Or you can create a module and then "mix it in"

module HashConstructed
 def initialize(h)
  h.each {|k,v| public_send("#{k}=",v)}
 end
end

class Foo
 include HashConstructed
 attr_accessor :foo, :bar
end

Alternatively you can try something like constructor

Problem

If I have this class: ``` class A attr_accessor :b,:c,:d end ``` and this code: ``` a = A.new h = {"b"=>10,"c"=>20,"d"=>30} ``` is it possible to initialize the object directly from the hash, without me needing to go over each pair and call `instance_variable_set`? Something like: ``` a = A.new(h) ``` which should cause each instance variable to be initialized to the one that has the same name in the hash.

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