Method: Extlib::Inflection.constantize

Defined in:
lib/aqua/support/string_extensions.rb

.constantize(camel_cased_word) ⇒ Object

Constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized.

Examples:

"Module".constantize #=> Module
"Class".constantize #=> Class


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# File 'lib/aqua/support/string_extensions.rb', line 92

def constantize(camel_cased_word)
  unless /\A(?:::)?([A-Z]\w*(?:::[A-Z]\w*)*)\z/ =~ camel_cased_word
    raise NameError, "#{camel_cased_word.inspect} is not a valid constant name!"
  end
 
  Object.module_eval("::#{$1}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
end