YAMLStruct

yamlstruct.rb

# Turn a YAML document into an object via method_missing delegation.
# This is a pretty useless idea since you can just use OpenStruct.
#
#   OpenStruct.new(YAML.load(yaml))
#
class YAMLStruct < BasicObject

  def initialize( stream )
    @yaml = YAML::load( stream )
  end

  def method_missing( sym, *args, &blk )
    sym = sym.to_s
    if sym.slice(-1,1) == '='
      @yaml[ sym ] = args[0]
    elsif @yaml.key?( sym )
      @yaml[ sym ]
    else
      super
    end
  end

  def to_s
    @yaml.to_yaml
  end

end