module Pallets::Util

Public Instance Methods

constantize(str) click to toggle source
# File lib/pallets/util.rb, line 11
def constantize(str)
  names = str.split('::')

  # Raise the "usual" NameError
  Object.const_get(str) if names.empty?

  # Handle "::Const" cases
  names.shift if names.first.empty?

  names.inject(Object) do |constant, name|
    if constant.const_defined?(name, false)
      constant.const_get(name, false)
    else
      constant.const_missing(name)
    end
  end
end
generate_id(str) click to toggle source
# File lib/pallets/util.rb, line 5
def generate_id(str)
  initials = str.gsub(/[^A-Z]+([A-Z])/, '\1')[0,3]
  random = SecureRandom.hex(5)
  "#{initials}#{random}"
end