Method: String#constantize

Defined in:
lib/awsbase/support.rb

#constantize ⇒ Object

Constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized.

Examples

"Module".constantize #=> Module
"Class".constantize #=> Class



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# File 'lib/awsbase/support.rb', line 42

def constantize()
  unless /\A(?:::)?([A-Z]\w*(?:::[A-Z]\w*)*)\z/ =~ self
    raise NameError, "#{self.inspect} is not a valid constant name!"
  end

  Object.module_eval("::#{$1}", __FILE__, __LINE__)
end