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require 'core_ext/string/inflections'

#--
# Allows code reuse in the methods below without polluting Module.
#++
module QualifiedConstUtils
  def self.raise_if_absolute(path)
    raise NameError.new("wrong constant name #$&") if path =~ /\A::[^:]+/
  end

  def self.names(path)
    path.split('::')
  end
end

##
# Extends the API for constants to be able to deal with qualified names. Arguments
# are assumed to be relative to the receiver.
#
#--
# Qualified names are required to be relative because we are extending existing
# methods that expect constant names, ie, relative paths of length 1. For example,
# Object.const_get('::String') raises NameError and so does qualified_const_get.
#++
class Module
  def qualified_const_defined?(path, search_parents=true)
    QualifiedConstUtils.raise_if_absolute(path)

    QualifiedConstUtils.names(path).inject(self) do |mod, name|
      return unless mod.const_defined?(name, search_parents)
      mod.const_get(name)
    end
    return true
  end

  def qualified_const_get(path)
    QualifiedConstUtils.raise_if_absolute(path)

    QualifiedConstUtils.names(path).inject(self) do |mod, name|
      mod.const_get(name)
    end
  end

  def qualified_const_set(path, value)
    QualifiedConstUtils.raise_if_absolute(path)

    const_name = path.demodulize
    mod_name = path.deconstantize
    mod = mod_name.empty? ? self : qualified_const_get(mod_name)
    mod.const_set(const_name, value)
  end
end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
core_ext-0.0.6	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb
core_ext-0.0.5	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb
core_ext-0.0.4	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb
core_ext-0.0.3	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb
core_ext-0.0.2	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb
core_ext-0.0.1	lib/core_ext/module/qualified_const.rb