method
load_missing_constant
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load_missing_constant(from_mod, const_name)public
Load the constant named const_name which is missing from from_mod. If it is not possible to load the constant into from_mod, try its parent module using const_missing.
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb, line 233
def load_missing_constant(from_mod, const_name)
log_call from_mod, const_name
if from_mod == Kernel
if ::Object.const_defined?(const_name)
log "Returning Object::#{const_name} for Kernel::#{const_name}"
return ::Object.const_get(const_name)
else
log "Substituting Object for Kernel"
from_mod = Object
end
end
# If we have an anonymous module, all we can do is attempt to load from Object.
from_mod = Object if from_mod.name.blank?
unless qualified_const_defined?(from_mod.name) && from_mod.name.constantize.object_id == from_mod.object_id
raise ArgumentError, "A copy of #{from_mod} has been removed from the module tree but is still active!"
end
raise ArgumentError, "#{from_mod} is not missing constant #{const_name}!" if uninherited_const_defined?(from_mod, const_name)
qualified_name = qualified_name_for from_mod, const_name
path_suffix = qualified_name.underscore
name_error = NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}")
file_path = search_for_file(path_suffix)
if file_path && ! loaded.include?(File.expand_path(file_path)) # We found a matching file to load
require_or_load file_path
raise LoadError, "Expected #{file_path} to define #{qualified_name}" unless uninherited_const_defined?(from_mod, const_name)
return from_mod.const_get(const_name)
elsif mod = autoload_module!(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
return mod
elsif (parent = from_mod.parent) && parent != from_mod &&
! from_mod.parents.any? { |p| uninherited_const_defined?(p, const_name) }
# If our parents do not have a constant named +const_name+ then we are free
# to attempt to load upwards. If they do have such a constant, then this
# const_missing must be due to from_mod::const_name, which should not
# return constants from from_mod's parents.
begin
return parent.const_missing(const_name)
rescue NameError => e
raise unless e.missing_name? qualified_name_for(parent, const_name)
raise name_error
end
else
raise name_error
end
end Related methods
- Instance methods
- associate_with
- autoload_module!
- autoloadable_module?
- autoloaded?
- clear
- depend_on
- load?
- load_file
- load_missing_constant
- load_once_path?
- loadable_constants_for_path
- mark_for_unload
- new_constants_in
- qualified_const_defined?
- qualified_name_for
- remove_constant
- remove_unloadable_constants!
- require_or_load
- search_for_file
- to_constant_name
- uninherited_const_defined?
- uninherited_const_defined?
- will_unload?
- Protected methods
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