# Adds additional methods to Hash
class ::Hash
# Changes the keys on a hash
# Takes a block that passes the current key
# Whatever the block returns becomes the new key
# If a hash is returned for the key it will merge the current hash
# with the returned hash from the block. This allows for nested rekeying.
def rekey
self.each_with_object({}) do |(key, value), previous|
new_key = yield(key, value)
if new_key.is_a?(Hash)
previous.merge!(new_key)
else
previous[new_key] = value
end
end
end
end