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# Returns a hash based representation of any data object given ejs template block
# object_to_hash(@user) { attribute :full_name } => { ... }
# object_to_hash(@user, :source => "...") { attribute :full_name } => { ... }
def object_to_hash(object, options={}, &block)
  return object unless is_record?(object) || object.respond_to?(:each)
  object = { data_object(object) => data_name(object) } if object.is_a?(Hash) && object.keys.first.is_a?(Symbol)
  engine_options = { :format => "hash", :root => (options[:root] || false) }
  Rabl::Engine.new(options[:source], engine_options).render(@_scope, :object => object, &block)
end