Module: Tree::Utils::JSONConverter

Included in:
TreeNode
Defined in:
lib/tree/utils/json_converter.rb

Overview

Provides utility methods to convert a TreeNode to and from JSON.

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: ClassMethods

Converting to/from JSON collapse

Instance Method Details

#as_json(_options = {}) ⇒ Object

Creates a JSON ready Hash for the #to_json method.

Rails uses JSON in ActiveSupport, and all Rails JSON encoding goes through as_json.

noinspection RubyUnusedLocalVariable

Parameters:

  • _options (Object) (defaults to: {})

Returns:

  • A hash based representation of the JSON

See Also:

Author:

Since:

  • 0.8.3



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# File 'lib/tree/utils/json_converter.rb', line 68

def as_json(_options = {})
  json_hash = {
    name: name,
    content: content,
    JSON.create_id => self.class.name
  }

  json_hash['children'] = children if children?

  json_hash
end

#to_json(*args) ⇒ Object

Creates a JSON representation of this node including all it’s children. This requires the JSON gem to be available, or else the operation fails with a warning message. Uses the Hash output of #as_json method.

Returns:

  • The JSON representation of this subtree.

See Also:

Author:

Since:

  • 0.7.0



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# File 'lib/tree/utils/json_converter.rb', line 92

def to_json(*args)
  as_json.to_json(*args)
end