From: Paul Duncan <pabs@...>
Date: 2002-12-27T06:47:07+09:00
Subject: Re: String#to_class?


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* Dave Thomas (dave@pragprog.com) wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:00, Tim Bates wrote:
> > I have a class being used in a unit test:
> >=20
> > TC_Foo
> >=20
> > I match it against a regexp:
> >=20
> > /TC_(.*)/.match(self.class.name)
> >=20
> > I end up with a string ($1 =3D=3D "Foo") which I want to be an instance=
 of Class=20
> > (=3D=3D Foo). How can I convert a String to a Class? Will I have to use=
=20
> > ObjectSpace to find a Class whose Class#name =3D=3D "Foo"?
>=20
>=20
> There's a page on the Wiki with a number of solutions:
>=20
>    http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?FindClassesByName

I don't know if the original poster needs it, but The examples there
don't work with anonymous classes or non-colon delimited class names.
The bit I wrote does.

> Cheers
>=20
>=20
> Dave
>=20
>=20

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