method

parents

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

parents() public

Returns all the parents of this module according to its name, ordered from nested outwards. The receiver is not contained within the result.

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

  p M.parents    # => [Object]
  p M::N.parents # => [M, Object]
  p X.parents    # => [M, Object]

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 36
  def parents
    parents = []
    parts = name.split('::')[0..-2]
    until parts.empty?
      parents << (parts * '::').constantize
      parts.pop
    end
    parents << Object unless parents.include? Object
    parents
  end

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