Class: Class

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Class

Defined in:

lib/more/typecast.rb

Overview

Extensions

Class Method Summary

• .from_string(string) ⇒ Object (also: from_symbol)

  “string”.cast_to Class #=> String.

Class Method Details

.from_string(string) ⇒ Object Also known as: from_symbol

“string”.cast_to Class #=> String

# File 'lib/more/typecast.rb', line 202

def from_string(string)
  string = string.to_s.modulize
  base   = string.sub!(/^::/, '') ? Object : (self.kind_of?(Module) ? self : self.class )
  klass  = string.split(/::/).inject(base){ |mod, name| mod.const_get(name) }
  return klass if klass.kind_of? Class
  nil
rescue
  nil
end