class Hashie::Trash

in Ruby.
such as a Java api, where the keys are named differently from how we would
Trashes are useful when you need to read data from another application,
hash.
A Trash is a ‘translated’ Dash where the keys can be remapped from a source

def self.property(property_name, options = {})

without using the :from option. It transform the property itself.
* :transform_with - Specify a lambda to be used to convert value
* :with - Specify a lambda to be used to convert value.
* :from - Specify the original key name that will be write only.
returned before a value is set on the property in a new Dash.
* :default - Specify a default value for this property, to be

Defines a property on the Trash. Options are as follows:
def self.property(property_name, options = {})
  super
  if options[:from]
    if property_name.to_sym == options[:from].to_sym
      raise ArgumentError, "Property name (#{property_name}) and :from option must not be the same"
    end
    translations << options[:from].to_sym
    if options[:with].respond_to? :call
      class_eval do
        define_method "#{options[:from]}=" do |val|
          self[property_name.to_sym] = options[:with].call(val)
        end
      end
    else
      class_eval <<-RUBY
        def #{options[:from]}=(val)
          self[:#{property_name}] = val
        end
      RUBY
    end
  elsif options[:transform_with].respond_to? :call
    transforms[property_name.to_sym] = options[:transform_with]
  end
end

def self.transforms

def self.transforms
  @transforms ||= {}
end

def self.translations

def self.translations
  @translations ||= []
end

def []=(property, value)

on pre-existing properties.
Set a value on the Dash in a Hash-like way. Only works
def []=(property, value)
  if self.class.translations.include? property.to_sym
    send("#{property}=", value)
  elsif self.class.transforms.key? property.to_sym
    super property, self.class.transforms[property.to_sym].call(value)
  elsif property_exists? property
    super
  end
end

def initialize_attributes(attributes)

Deletes any keys that have a translation
def initialize_attributes(attributes)
  return unless attributes
  attributes_copy = attributes.dup.delete_if do |k,v|
    if self.class.translations.include?(k.to_sym)
      self[k] = v
      true
    end
  end
  super attributes_copy
end

def property_exists?(property)


Raises an NoMethodError if the property doesn't exist
def property_exists?(property)
  unless self.class.property?(property.to_sym)
    raise NoMethodError, "The property '#{property}' is not defined for this Trash."
  end
  true
end