From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-12T17:35:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Reflection and files

Gavin Kistner wrote:
> Well, here's one terrible idea. (It's 'terrible' because it's brittle,
> and only works if no other files defining new classes have been defined,
> and will break if a new Ruby release defines a new class.)

How about:

def get_class_from_file(file)
  consts = Object.constants
  require file
  return (Object.constants - consts)[0]
end

p get_class_from_file('/path/to/some_file.rb')

Regards,
Jordan