Class: String

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/rjr/core_ext.rb

Overview

RJR Ruby Core Extensions

Copyright © 2011-2014 Mohammed Morsi <[email protected]> Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_class ⇒ Object

Safely convert string to ruby class it represents



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# File 'lib/rjr/core_ext.rb', line 8

def to_class
  split(/::/).inject(Object) do |p,c|
    case
    when c.empty?  then p
    when p.constants.collect { |c| c.to_s }.include?(c)
      then p.const_get(c)
    else
      nil
    end
  end
end