class GroupChildSerializer < BaseSerializer include WithPagination attr_reader :hierarchy_root, :should_expand_hierarchy entity GroupChildEntity def expand_hierarchy(hierarchy_root = nil) tap do @hierarchy_root = hierarchy_root @should_expand_hierarchy = true end end def represent(resource, opts = {}, entity_class = nil) if should_expand_hierarchy paginator.paginate(resource) if paginated? represent_hierarchies(resource, opts) else super(resource, opts) end end protected def represent_hierarchies(children, opts) if children.is_a?(GroupDescendant) represent_hierarchy(children.hierarchy(hierarchy_root), opts).first else hierarchies = GroupDescendant.build_hierarchy(children, hierarchy_root) represent_hierarchy(hierarchies, opts) end end def represent_hierarchy(hierarchy, opts) serializer = self.class.new(params) if hierarchy.is_a?(Hash) hierarchy.map do |parent, children| serializer.represent(parent, opts) .merge(children: Array.wrap(serializer.represent_hierarchy(children, opts))) end elsif hierarchy.is_a?(Array) hierarchy.map { |child| serializer.represent_hierarchy(child, opts) }.flatten else serializer.represent(hierarchy, opts) end end end