class Enum < Hash # Public: Initialize an enum. # # members - the array of enum members. May contain a hash of options: # :start - the number of first enum member. Defaults to 1. # # Examples # # FRUITS = Enum.new(:apple, :orange, :kiwi) def initialize(*members) super({}) options = members.extract_options! start = options.fetch(:start) { 1 } update Hash[members.zip(start..members.count + start)] end # Public: Access the number/value of member. # # ids_or_value - number or value of member. # # Returns value if number was provided, and number if value was provided. def [](id_or_value) fetch(id_or_value) { key(id_or_value) } end # Public: Check if supplied member is valid. def valid?(member) has_key?(member) end # Public: Create a subset of enum, only include specified keys. def only(*keys) dup.tap do |d| d.keep_if { |k| keys.include?(k) } end end # Public: Create a subset of enum, preserve all items but specified ones. def except(*keys) dup.tap do |d| d.delete_if { |k| keys.include?(k) } end end end