Ruby convert Object to Hash

Question

Let\'s say I have a Gift object with @name = \"book\" & @price = 15.95. What\'s the best way to convert that to the Hash {na

Answer 1

For Active Record Objects

module  ActiveRecordExtension
  def to_hash
    hash = {}; self.attributes.each { |k,v| hash[k] = v }
    return hash
  end
end

class Gift < ActiveRecord::Base
  include ActiveRecordExtension
  ....
end

class Purchase < ActiveRecord::Base
  include ActiveRecordExtension
  ....
end

and then just call

gift.to_hash()
purch.to_hash()