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-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb7
-rw-r--r--activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb32
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb
index d180049663..720fd88f90 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/enumerable.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
module Enumerable
+ # Returns a JSON string representing the enumerable. Any +options+
+ # given will be passed on to its elements. For example:
+ #
+ # users = User.find(:all)
+ # users.to_json(:only => :name)
+ #
+ # will pass the <tt>:only => :name</tt> option to each user.
def to_json(options = {}) #:nodoc:
"[#{map { |value| ActiveSupport::JSON.encode(value, options) } * ', '}]"
end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb
index 14b91a76a1..774803d64f 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,36 @@
class Hash
+ # Returns a JSON string representing the hash.
+ #
+ # Without any +options+, the returned JSON string will include all
+ # the hash keys. For example:
+ #
+ # { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json
+ #
+ # {"name": "Konata Izumi", 1: 2, "age": 16}
+ #
+ # The keys in the JSON string are unordered due to the nature of hashes.
+ #
+ # The <tt>:only</tt> and <tt>:except</tt> options can be used to limit the
+ # attributes included, and will accept 1 or more hash keys to include/exclude.
+ #
+ # { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json(:only => [:name, 'age'])
+ #
+ # {"name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16}
+ #
+ # { :name => "Konata Izumi", 'age' => 16, 1 => 2 }.to_json(:except => 1)
+ #
+ # {"name": "Konata Izumi", "age": 16}
+ #
+ # The +options+ also filter down to any hash values. This is particularly
+ # useful for converting hashes containing ActiveRecord objects or any object
+ # that responds to options in their <tt>to_json</tt> method. For example:
+ #
+ # users = User.find(:all)
+ # { :users => users, :count => users.size }.to_json(:include => :posts)
+ #
+ # would pass the <tt>:include => :posts</tt> option to <tt>users</tt>,
+ # allowing the posts association in the User model to be converted to JSON
+ # as well.
def to_json(options = {}) #:nodoc:
hash_keys = self.keys