This helper was originally added as Fog.class_as_string and moved to core but only used here
# File lib/fog/vsphere/core.rb, line 16 def self.class_from_string classname, defaultpath="" if classname and classname.is_a? String then chain = classname.split("::") klass = Kernel chain.each do |klass_string| klass = klass.const_get klass_string end if klass.is_a? Class then klass elsif defaultpath != nil then class_from_string((defaultpath.split("::")+chain).join("::"), nil) else nil end elsif classname and classname.is_a? Class then classname else nil end rescue NameError defaultpath != nil ? class_from_string((defaultpath.split("::")+chain).join("::"), nil) : nil end