From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-08-29T03:34:32+09:00
Subject: Re: dynamic class resolution?

You probably want to look at const_missing. Watch out and make sure you always call super because rails uses it to be lazy about requires.

On Aug 28, 2012, at 8:41, Gary Weaver <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> But, I was just curious- is there an existing way to hook into Ruby such
> that you can say something like "if anyone asks for a classname that
> ends in 'Ref' then take the class matching the first part of the name
> and include or extend this and that"? Then you wouldn't even have to
> define the *Ref classes- they would be created and instantiated
> dynamically.