Class: String

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/ki/utils/extra_ruby.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#to_class ⇒ Object

Converts a string to a class

Examples

class User
end

"user".to_class == User



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# File 'lib/ki/utils/extra_ruby.rb', line 11

def to_class
  chain = split '::'
  klass = Kernel
  chain.each do |klass_string|
    klass = klass.const_get klass_string.split('_').map(&:capitalize).join('')
  end
  klass.is_a?(Class) ? klass : nil
rescue NameError
  nil
end