Class: Object

Inherits:
BasicObject
Defined in:
lib/core_ext/object.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#full_const_get(name) ⇒ Object

Cribbed from DataMapper’s Extlib library.



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# File 'lib/core_ext/object.rb', line 4

def full_const_get(name)
  list = name.split("::")
  list.shift if list.first.blank?
  obj = self
  list.each do |x|
    # This is required because const_get tries to look for constants in the
    # ancestor chain, but we only want constants that are HERE
    obj = obj.const_defined?(x) ? obj.const_get(x) : obj.const_missing(x)
  end
  obj
end