From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-11-15T05:45:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamic define_method on class creation per module namespace

On Sunday 14 November 2004 02:54 am, nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
| One method is to use method_missing.
|
|   module ClassMethods
|     def method_missing(id, *args, &block)
|       if /\A[a-z][A-Za-z_0-9]*\z/ =~ name = id.to_s
|         classes = []
|         constants.each do |n|
|           if name.casecmp(n).zero? and Class === (c = const_get(n))
|             classes << c
|           end
|         end
|         if classes.size == 1
|           return classes.first.new(*args, &block)
|         end
|       end
|       super
|     end
|   end

I don't like using missing method usually, but I guess that's the only way to 
currently do it.

Thanks,
T