method

parent

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Method deprecated

This method is deprecated on the latest stable version of Rails. The last existing version (v2.1.0) is shown here.

parent() public

Returns the module which contains this one according to its name.

  module M
    module N
    end
  end
  X = M::N

  p M::N.parent # => M
  p X.parent    # => M

The parent of top-level and anonymous modules is Object.

  p M.parent          # => Object
  p Module.new.parent # => Object

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 18
  def parent
    parent_name = name.split('::')[0..-2] * '::'
    parent_name.empty? ? Object : parent_name.constantize
  end

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