Convert a Hash to an object recursively

ObjectFromHash.rb

# modified from http://pullmonkey.com/2008/01/06/convert-a-ruby-hash-into-a-class-object/
class ObjectFromHash
    def initialize(hash)
        hash.each do |k,v|
        # check to see if this value is a hash too
        if v.class.name == "Hash"
            v = ObjectFromHash.new(v)
        end
        self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)  ## create and initialize an instance variable for this key/value pair
        self.class.send(:define_method, k, proc{self.instance_variable_get("@#{k}")})  ## create the getter that returns the instance variable
        self.class.send(:define_method, "#{k}=", proc{|v| self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)})  ## create the setter that sets the instance variable
    end
  end
end