named arguments in mustache.rb

alternately, named arguments in mustache.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'mustache'

class HandleBar < Mustache
  def respond_to?(methodname)
    methodname = methodname.to_s.split(/\s+/).first
    super methodname
  end
  
  def method_missing(methodname, *args)
    arguments = methodname.to_s.split(/\s+/)
    methodname = arguments.shift
    arguments = arguments.join(' ').split(/\b\s/).inject({}) do |hsh, pair|
      key, value = pair.split(/:\s*/)
      hsh.update(key => value)
    end
    send methodname, arguments
  end
  
  def wax_me(args)
    "you've been waxed! one: #{args['one']}, two: #{args['two']}, three: #{args['three']}"
  end
end

if $0 == __FILE__
  h = HandleBar.new
  h.template = "Mustache doesn't do arguments you say?\n\n{{wax_me one: 1 two: 2 three: three}}"
  puts h.to_html
end