require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrapper'
class Hash
# Returns a JSON string representing the hash.
#
# Without any +options+, the returned JSON string will include all
# the hash keys. For example:
#
# { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json
# # => {"name": "Konata Izumi", "1": 2, "age": 16}
#
# The keys in the JSON string are unordered due to the nature of hashes.
#
# The :only and :except options can be used to limit the
# attributes included, and will accept 1 or more hash keys to include/exclude.
#
# { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json(:only => [:name, 'age'])
# # => {"name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16}
#
# { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json(:except => 1)
# # => {"name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16}
#
# The +options+ also filter down to any hash values. This is particularly
# useful for converting hashes containing ActiveRecord objects or any object
# that responds to options in their to_json method. For example:
#
# users = User.find(:all)
# { :users => users, :count => users.size }.to_json(:include => :posts)
#
# would pass the :include => :posts option to users,
# allowing the posts association in the User model to be converted to JSON
# as well.
def to_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
hash = as_json(options)
result = '{'
result << hash.map do |key, value|
"#{ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(key.to_s)}:#{ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(value, options)}"
end * ','
result << '}'
end
def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
if options
if attrs = options[:except]
except(*Array.wrap(attrs))
elsif attrs = options[:only]
slice(*Array.wrap(attrs))
else
self
end
else
self
end
end
end