Method: String#constantize

Defined in:
lib/strokedb/core_ext/string.rb

#constantize ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/strokedb/core_ext/string.rb', line 33

def constantize
  if /^meta:/ =~ self
    return StrokeDB::META_CACHE[Meta.make_uuid_from_fullname(self)]
  end
  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