# Encoding: utf-8
# IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Buildpack
# Copyright IBM Corp. 2013
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# A mixin that adds the ability to turn a +String+ into a constant.
class String

  # Tries to find a constant with the name specified by this +String+:
  #
  #   "Module".constantize     # => Module
  #   "Test::Unit".constantize # => Test::Unit
  #
  # The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter whether
  # it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into account:
  #
  #   C = 'outside'
  #   module M
  #     C = 'inside'
  #     C               # => 'inside'
  #     "C".constantize # => 'outside', same as ::C
  #   end
  #
  # @return [String] The constantized rendering of this +String+.
  # @raise NameError if the name is not in CamelCase or the constant is unknown.
  def constantize
    names = split('::')
    names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?

    constant = Object
    names.each do |name|
      constant = constant.const_defined?(name, false) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
    end
    constant
  end
end
