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+# Allows easy mocking of global and class constants
+
+# Inspired by:
+# http://missingbit.blogspot.com/2011/07/stubbing-constants-in-rspec_20.html
+# http://digitaldumptruck.jotabout.com/?p=551
+
+def mock_constants(constants, &block)
+ saved_constants = {}
+ constants.each do |constant, val|
+ source_object, const_name = parse_constant(constant)
+ saved_constants[constant] = source_object.const_get(const_name)
+ with_warnings(nil) {source_object.const_set(const_name, val) }
+ end
+
+ begin
+ block.call
+ ensure
+ constants.each do |constant, val|
+ source_object, const_name = parse_constant(constant)
+ with_warnings(nil) { source_object.const_set(const_name, saved_constants[constant]) }
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+def parse_constant(constant)
+ source, _, constant_name = constant.to_s.rpartition('::')
+ [constantize(source), constant_name]
+end
+
+# Taken from ActiveSupport
+
+# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb, line 3
+#
+# Sets $VERBOSE for the duration of the block and back to its original value afterwards.
+def with_warnings(flag)
+ old_verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, flag
+ yield
+ensure
+ $VERBOSE = old_verbose
+end
+
+# File activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb, line 209
+def constantize(camel_cased_word)
+ names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
+ names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?
+
+ constant = Object
+ names.each do |name|
+ constant = constant.const_defined?(name) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
+ end
+ constant
+end