will now return nil instead of raise a NoMethodError if the receiving object does not implement the method

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
index 16a799ec03..a2d5caa7df 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ class Object
   # *Unlike* that method however, a +NoMethodError+ exception will *not* be raised
   # and +nil+ will be returned instead, if the receiving object is a +nil+ object or NilClass.
   #
+  # This is also true if the receiving object does not implemented the tried method. It will
+  # return +nil+ in that case as well.
+  #
   # If try is called without a method to call, it will yield any given block with the object.
   #
   # Please also note that +try+ is defined on +Object+, therefore it won't work with
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ class Object
     if a.empty? && block_given?
       yield self
     else
-      public_send(*a, &b)
+      public_send(*a, &b) if respond_to?(a.first)
     end
   end
 end