method

safe_constantize

Ruby on Rails latest stable (v3.2.13) - 0 notes - Class: String

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safe_constantize() public

safe_constantize tries to find a declared constant with the name specified in the string. It returns nil when the name is not in CamelCase or is not initialized. See ActiveSupport::Inflector.safe_constantize

Examples

"Module".safe_constantize  # => Module
"Class".safe_constantize   # => Class
"blargle".safe_constantize # => nil

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# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.rb, line 65
  def safe_constantize
    ActiveSupport::Inflector.safe_constantize(self)
  end

safe_constantize

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