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Diffstat (limited to 'activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb index ef479d559e..66c4034781 100644 --- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb +++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb @@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ class String ActiveSupport::Inflector.singularize(self) end + # +constantize+ tries to find a declared constant with the name specified + # in the string. It raises a NameError when the name is not in CamelCase + # or is not initialized. + # + # Examples + # "Module".constantize # => Module + # "Class".constantize # => Class + def constantize + ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(self) + end + # By default, +camelize+ converts strings to UpperCamelCase. If the argument to camelize # is set to <tt>:lower</tt> then camelize produces lowerCamelCase. # |