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Diffstat (limited to 'ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb')
-rw-r--r-- | ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb b/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..03dc9a56a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/ext/json/lib/json/add/symbol.rb @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +unless defined?(::JSON::JSON_LOADED) and ::JSON::JSON_LOADED + require 'json' +end + +# Symbol serialization/deserialization +class Symbol + # Returns a hash, that will be turned into a JSON object and represent this + # object. + def as_json(*) + { + JSON.create_id => self.class.name, + 's' => to_s, + } + end + + # Stores class name (Symbol) with String representation of Symbol as a JSON string. + def to_json(*a) + as_json.to_json(*a) + end + + # Deserializes JSON string by converting the <tt>string</tt> value stored in the object to a Symbol + def self.json_create(o) + o['s'].to_sym + end +end |