gistfile1.rb

# http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/7312
require 'ostruct'
class MoreOpenStruct < OpenStruct
  def _to_hash
    h = @table
    #handles nested structures
    h.each do |k,v|
      if v.class == MoreOpenStruct
        h[k] = v._to_hash
      end
    end
    return h
  end
  
  def _table
    @table   #table is the hash structure used in OpenStruct
  end
  
  def _manual_set(hash)
    if hash && (hash.class == Hash)
      for k,v in hash
        @table[k.to_sym] = v
        new_ostruct_member(k)
      end
    end
  end
end