module ElasticAPM::Util::Inflector

def constantize(camel_cased_word)

unknown.
NameError is raised when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant is

end
constantize('C') # => 'outside', same as ::C
C # => 'inside'
C = 'inside'
module M
C = 'outside'

account:
whether it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into
The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter

constantize('Foo::Bar') # => Foo::Bar
constantize('Module') # => Module

Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string.
def constantize(camel_cased_word)
  names = camel_cased_word.split("::".freeze)
  # Trigger a built-in NameError exception including the ill-formed constant in the message.
  Object.const_get(camel_cased_word) if names.empty?
  # Remove the first blank element in case of '::ClassName' notation.
  names.shift if names.size > 1 && names.first.empty?
  names.inject(Object) do |constant, name|
    if constant == Object
      constant.const_get(name)
    else
      candidate = constant.const_get(name)
      next candidate if constant.const_defined?(name, false)
      next candidate unless Object.const_defined?(name)
      # Go down the ancestors to check if it is owned directly. The check
      # stops when we reach Object or the end of ancestors tree.
      constant = constant.ancestors.inject(constant) do |const, ancestor|
        break const    if ancestor == Object
        break ancestor if ancestor.const_defined?(name, false)
        const
      end
      # owner is in Object, so raise
      constant.const_get(name, false)
    end
  end
end

def safe_constantize(camel_cased_word)

safe_constantize('UnknownModule::Foo::Bar') # => nil
safe_constantize('UnknownModule') # => nil
safe_constantize('blargle') # => nil

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+nil+ is returned when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant (or

end
safe_constantize('C') # => 'outside', same as ::C
C # => 'inside'
C = 'inside'
module M
C = 'outside'

account:
whether it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into
The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter

safe_constantize('Foo::Bar') # => Foo::Bar
safe_constantize('Module') # => Module

Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string. 
def safe_constantize(camel_cased_word)
  constantize(camel_cased_word)
rescue NameError => e
  raise if e.name && !(camel_cased_word.to_s.split("::").include?(e.name.to_s) ||
                       e.name.to_s == camel_cased_word.to_s)
rescue ArgumentError => e
  raise unless /not missing constant #{const_regexp(camel_cased_word)}!$/.match(e.message)
end