Attempts to unfold a hash of hashes into an array of hashes. Returns a reference to th array on success or the original hash, if unfolding is not possible.

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Source Code

# File active_support/vendor/xml-simple-1.0.11/xmlsimple.rb, line 874
def hash_to_array(parent, hashref)
  arrayref = []
  hashref.each { |key, value|
    return hashref unless value.instance_of?(Hash)

    if @options['keyattr'].instance_of?(Hash)
      return hashref unless @options['keyattr'].has_key?(parent)
      arrayref << { @options['keyattr'][parent][0] => key }.update(value)
    else
      arrayref << { @options['keyattr'][0] => key }.update(value)
    end
  }
  arrayref
end