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expand_name

v2_2_9 - Show latest stable - Class: RDoc::RI::Driver
expand_name(name)
public

Expands the class portion of name into a fully-qualified class. See #expand_class.

# File lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb, line 931
  def expand_name name
    klass, selector, method = parse_name name

    return [selector, method].join if klass.empty?

    case selector
    when ':' then
      [find_store(klass),   selector, method]
    else
      [expand_class(klass), selector, method]
    end.join
  end

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