method

parents

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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]

# 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

parents

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