This object defines a path from which Constants can be loaded.

Methods
Public Class methods
new(root)

Create a new load path with the filesystem path

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     # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb, line 138
138:     def initialize(root) @root = root end
Public Instance methods
const_name_to_file_name(name)

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     # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb, line 156
156:     def const_name_to_file_name(name)
157:       name.to_s.underscore + '.rb'
158:     end
const_name_to_module_name(name)

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     # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb, line 160
160:     def const_name_to_module_name(name)
161:       name.to_s.underscore
162:     end
filesystem_path(path, allow_module=true)

Return nil if the path does not exist, or the path to a directory if the path leads to a module, or the path to a file if it leads to an object.

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     # File vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb, line 142
142:     def filesystem_path(path, allow_module=true)
143:       fs_path = [@root]
144:       fs_path += path[0..-2].collect {|name| const_name_to_module_name name}
145: 
146:       if allow_module
147:         result = File.join(fs_path, const_name_to_module_name(path.last))
148:         return result if File.directory? result # Return the module path if one exists
149:       end
150: 
151:       result = File.join(fs_path, const_name_to_file_name(path.last))
152: 
153:       return File.file?(result) ? result : nil
154:     end