removed Contract#from_ib_ruby and String#to_contract

Author: Halfgarten Capital

lib/ib/messages/outgoing/bar_requests.rb

@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ def parse data
           # unless  BAR_SIZES.keys.include?(bar_size)
             # error ":bar_size must be one of #{BAR_SIZES.inspect}", :args
           # end
-
-          contract = data[:contract].is_a?(IB::Contract) ?
-              data[:contract] : IB::Contract.from_ib_ruby(data[:contract])
-
-          [data_type, nil, contract]
+          unless data[:contract].is_a? IB::Contract
+            error "contract must be a valid IB::Contract" , :args
+          end
+          [data_type, nil, data[:contract]]
         end
       end
 

lib/models/ib/contract.rb

@@ -424,24 +424,6 @@ def self.build opts = {}
     end
 
 
-    # This returns a Contract initialized from the serialize_ib_ruby format string.
-    def self.from_ib_ruby 
-      keys = [:con_id, :symbol, :sec_type, :expiry, :strike, :right, :multiplier,
-              :exchange, :primary_exchange, :currency, :local_symbol]
-      props = Hash[keys.zip(string.split(":"))]
-      props.delete_if { |k, v| v.nil? || v.empty? }
-      Contract.build props
-    end
   end # class Contract
 end # module IB
 
-class String
-	def to_contract
-      keys = [:con_id, :symbol, :sec_type, :expiry, :strike, :right, :multiplier,
-              :exchange, :primary_exchange, :currency, :local_symbol]
-      props = Hash[keys.zip(split(":"))]
-      props.delete_if { |k, v| v.nil? || v.empty? }
-      IB::Contract.build props
-
-	end
-end