parent() — ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Module

parent()

Returns the module which contains this one according to its name.

module M
  module N
  end
end
X = M::N

p M::N.parent # => M
p X.parent    # => M

The parent of top-level and anonymous modules is Object.

p M.parent          # => Object
p Module.new.parent # => Object

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb, line 30
      def parent
        parent_name ? parent_name.constantize : Object
      end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/introspection.rb line 30 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Module

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