motion-env
gem install motion-env
In your Rakefile:
require 'motion-env'
Motion::Project::App.setup do |app|
app.env['string'] = "Sup dog"
app.env["int"] = 3
app.env["bool"] = false
app.env['hash'] = {herp: "derp"}
app.env["array"] = [1,2,3]
app.env["complex"] = [{hello: "world", array: [1,2,3]}, {something: :else}]
end(app.ENV will also work, if you prefer symmetry)
In your app:
> ENV['string']
=> "Sup dog"
> ENV['int']
=> 3
> ENV['bool']
=> false
> ENV['hash']
=> {:herp=>"derp"}
> ENV['array']
=> [1, 2, 3]
> ENV['complex']
=> [{:hello=>"world", :array=>[1, 2, 3]}, {:something=>:else}]How?
motion-env takes whatever you put in app.env and Marshal's the contents into ENV via code generation. At the same time, it swizzles [](key) to un-marshal the value (if appropriate). See builder.rb for implementation.
That means you can also Marshal POROs, assuming the class exists on both sides of the compilation:
class Person
attr_accessor :name, :age
def initialize(name, age)
@name = name
@age = age
end
end
Motion::Project::App.setup do |app|
app.env["object"] = Person.new("clay", 3)
end> ENV["object"] # assumes you have Person defined somewhere
=> #<Person:0x8e62da0 @name="clay" @age=3>Support
Big thanks to motion-my_env and @ainame for the inspiration.