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superclass

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superclass() public

Get the superclass of this class. Attempts to retrieve the superclass’ real name by following module nesting.

# File lib/rdoc/code_objects.rb, line 748
    def superclass
      raise NoMethodError, "#{full_name} is a module" if module?

      scope = self

      begin
        superclass = scope.classes.find { |c| c.name == @superclass }

        return superclass.full_name if superclass
        scope = scope.parent
      end until scope.nil? or TopLevel === scope

      @superclass
    end

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