Had to convert all Matchups to hash and back to objects for serialization

app/models/tournament.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Tournament < ActiveRecord::Base
 	has_many :matches, dependent: :destroy
 	has_many :mats, dependent: :destroy	
 	attr_accessor :upcomingMatches, :unfinishedMatches
-	serialize :matchups_array, Array
+	serialize :matchups_array
 
 	def unfinishedMatches
 		
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Tournament < ActiveRecord::Base
 
 	def upcomingMatches
 		if self.matchups_array?
-			return self.matchups_array
+			return matchupHashesToObjects(self.matchups_array)
 		else
 		    return generateMatchups
 	    end
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class Tournament < ActiveRecord::Base
     		@upcomingMatches = weight.generateMatchups(@matches)
 	    end
 	    @upcomingMatches = assignBouts(@upcomingMatches)
-	    #self.matchups_array = @upcomingMatches
+	    self.matchups_array = matchupObjectsToHash(@upcomingMatches)
-	    #self.save
+	    self.save
 	    return @upcomingMatches
 	end
 
@@ -42,6 +42,43 @@ class Tournament < ActiveRecord::Base
 		@matches = @bouts.assignBouts(matches)
 		return @matches
 	end
+	
+	
+	def matchupObjectsToHash(matches)
+		array_of_hashes = []
+		matches.each do |m|
+			@matchHash = Hash.new
+			@matchHash["w1"] = m.w1
+			@matchHash["w2"] = m.w2
+			@matchHash["round"] = m.round
+			@matchHash["weight_id"] = m.weight_id
+			@matchHash["boutNumber"] = m.boutNumber
+			@matchHash["w1_name"] = m.w1_name
+			@matchHash["w2_name"] = m.w2_name
+			@matchHash["bracket_position"] = m.bracket_position
+			@matchHash["bracket_position_number"] = m.bracket_position_number
+			array_of_hashes << @matchHash
+		end
+		return array_of_hashes
+	end
+	
+	def matchupHashesToObjects(matches)
+		array_of_objects = []
+		matches.each do |m|
+			@match = Matchup.new
+			@match.w1 = m["w1"]
+			@match.w2 = m["w2"]
+			@match.round = m["round"]
+			@match.weight_id = m["weight_id"]
+			@match.boutNumber = m["boutNumber"]
+			@match.w1_name = m["w1_name"]
+			@match.w2_name = m["w2_name"]
+			@match.bracket_position = m["bracket_position"]
+			@match.bracket_position_number = m["bracket_position_number"]
+			array_of_objects << @match
+		end
+		return array_of_objects
+	end
 
 end