Method: ActiveSupport::Dependencies#remove_constant

Defined in:
activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb

#remove_constant(const) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb', line 668

def remove_constant(const) #:nodoc:
  return false unless qualified_const_defined? const

  # Normalize ::Foo, Foo, Object::Foo, and ::Object::Foo to Object::Foo
  names = const.to_s.sub(/^::(Object)?/, 'Object::').split("::")
  to_remove = names.pop
  parent = Inflector.constantize(names * '::')

  log "removing constant #{const}"
  constantized = constantize(const)
  constantized.before_remove_const if constantized.respond_to?(:before_remove_const)
  parent.instance_eval { remove_const to_remove }

  return true
end