Method: DataMapper::Ext::Object.full_const_get

Defined in:
lib/dm-core/support/ext/object.rb

.full_const_get(obj, name) ⇒ Object .full_const_get(name) ⇒ Object

Returns the value of the specified constant.

Overloads:

  • .full_const_get(obj, name) ⇒ Object

    Returns the value of the specified constant in obj.

    Parameters:

    • obj (Object) —

      The root object used as origin.

    • name (String) —

      The name of the constant to get, e.g. “Merb::Router”.

  • .full_const_get(name) ⇒ Object

    Returns the value of the fully-qualified constant.

    Parameters:

    • name (String) —

      The name of the constant to get, e.g. “Merb::Router”.

Returns:

  • (Object) —

    The constant corresponding to name.



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# File 'lib/dm-core/support/ext/object.rb', line 17

def self.full_const_get(obj, name = nil)
  obj, name = ::Object, obj if name.nil?

  list = name.split("::")
  list.shift if DataMapper::Ext.blank?(list.first)
  list.each do |x|
    # This is required because const_get tries to look for constants in the
    # ancestor chain, but we only want constants that are HERE
    obj = obj.const_defined?(x) ? obj.const_get(x) : obj.const_missing(x)
  end
  obj
end