Method: Attrio::AttributesParser.cast_type

Defined in:
lib/attrio/attributes_parser.rb

.cast_type(constant) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/attrio/attributes_parser.rb', line 27

def self.cast_type(constant)
  return constant if constant.is_a?(Class) && !!(constant < Attrio::Types::Base)

  string = constant.to_s
  string = string.camelize if (string =~ /\w_\w/ || string.chars.first.downcase == string.chars.first)

  begin
    if Attrio::Types.const_defined?(string)
      return Attrio::Types.const_get(string)
    elsif Object.const_defined?(string)
      return Object.const_get(string)
    else
      return nil
    end
  rescue
    return constant
  end
end