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class SmartHash
  def initialize(hash)
    hash.each do |key, v|
      instance_variable_name = "@#{key}"
      if (v.hash?)
        self.instance_variable_set(instance_variable_name, SmartHash.new(v))
      else
        self.instance_variable_set(instance_variable_name, v)  ## create and initialize an instance variable for this key/value pair
      end
      # define the setter, getter
      self.class.send(:define_method, k, proc{self.instance_variable_get("@#{k}")})
      self.class.send(:define_method, "#{k}=", proc{|v| self.instance_variable_set("@#{k}", v)})
    end
  end
  def [](key)
    self.send(key)
  end
end

SmartHash.new(testObject)