Method: String#safe_constantize

Defined in:
lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb

#safe_constantize ⇒ Object

safe_constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It returns nil when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized.

'Module'.safe_constantize  # => Module
'Class'.safe_constantize   # => Class
'blargle'.safe_constantize # => nil

See ActiveSupport::Inflector.safe_constantize.

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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb', line 86

def safe_constantize
  ActiveSupport::Inflector.safe_constantize(self)
end