class PIM::DirectPublicationFilter

# File pim.rb, line 10134
def self.create value

  if PIM.is_hash?(value)
    value, type = value[:value], value[:type]
  end

  return nil if value.nil?

  if type.nil?
    if PIM.is_array?(value)
      type = :array
    elsif PIM.is_regexp?(value)
      type = :regexp
    elsif /\$\{.*\}/.match?(value.to_s)
      type = :template
    else
      type = :string
    end
  end

  type = type.to_sym
  raise "DirectPublicationFilter type '#{type}' is not valid" unless TYPES.include?(type)

  value = Array(value.to_s) if type == :array and !PIM.is_array?(value)
  value = Regexp.new(value.to_s) if type == :regexp and !PIM.is_regexp?(value)
  value = value.to_s if (type == :string or type == :template) and !PIM.is_string?(value)

  self.new(value: value, type: type)

end

# File pim.rb, line 10165
def as_json
  {
    value: value,
    type: type.to_s.upcase
  }
end

# File pim.rb, line 10172
def to_json *args
  as_json.to_json(*args)
end