method

parents

v4.1.8 - Show latest stable - Class: Module

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

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

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 46
  def parents
    parents = []
    if parent_name
      parts = parent_name.split('::')
      until parts.empty?
        parents << ActiveSupport::Inflector.constantize(parts * '::')
        parts.pop
      end
    end
    parents << Object unless parents.include? Object
    parents
  end

parents

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