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diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
index 77c5073c6e..0132f68282 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ module ActiveModel
# validates :name, :title => true
# end
#
+ # Additionally validator classes may be in another namespace and still used within any class.
+ #
+ # validates :name, :'file/title' => true
+ #
# The validators hash can also handle regular expressions, ranges,
# arrays and strings in shortcut form, e.g.
#
@@ -86,8 +90,10 @@ module ActiveModel
defaults.merge!(:attributes => attributes)
validations.each do |key, options|
+ key = "#{key.to_s.camelize}Validator"
+
begin
- validator = const_get("#{key.to_s.camelize}Validator")
+ validator = key.include?('::') ? key.constantize : const_get(key)
rescue NameError
raise ArgumentError, "Unknown validator: '#{key}'"
end