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+require 'active_support/core_ext/string/inflections'
+
+#--
+# Allows code reuse in the methods below without polluting Module.
+#++
+module QualifiedConstUtils
+  def self.raise_if_absolute(path)
+    raise NameError, "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
+  if method(:const_defined?).arity == 1
+    def qualified_const_defined?(path)
+      QualifiedConstUtils.raise_if_absolute(path)
+
+      QualifiedConstUtils.names(path).inject(self) do |mod, name|
+        return unless mod.const_defined?(name)
+        mod.const_get(name)
+      end
+      return true
+    end
+  else
+    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
+  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