lib/foreman/helpers.rb



module Foreman::Helpers
  # Copied whole sale from, https://github.com/defunkt/resque/

  # Given a word with dashes, returns a camel cased version of it.
  #
  # classify('job-name') # => 'JobName'
  def classify(dashed_word)
    dashed_word.split('-').each { |part| part[0] = part[0].chr.upcase }.join
  end  # Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string:

  #
  # constantize("Module") # => Module
  # constantize("Test::Unit") # => 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'
  #   constantize("C") # => 'outside', same as ::C
  # end
  #
  # NameError is raised when the constant is unknown.
  def constantize(camel_cased_word)
    camel_cased_word = camel_cased_word.to_s

    names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
    names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?

    constant = Object
    names.each do |name|
      args = Module.method(:const_get).arity != 1 ? [false] : []

      if constant.const_defined?(name, *args)
        constant = constant.const_get(name)
      else
        constant = constant.const_missing(name)
      end
    end
    constant
  end
end