How do I refer to a submodule's “full path” in ruby?

Question

In my app, I have

VeryUniqueModule::Foo
# and…
VeryUniqueModule::Bar

Foo and Bar are each for a different service

Answer 1

You might try this:

VeryUniqueModule.const_get('::VeryUniqueModule::' + @relevant_object.service)

And if that doesn't work, you could try bypassing service_api and doing this wherever you need A_CONSTANT:

Object.const_get('::VeryUniqueModule::' + @relevant_object.service + '::A_CONSTANT')

Note the :: before VeryUniqueModule. I don't think it's strictly necessary in this case, but it could be useful in that it guarantees Ruby will look for VeryUniqueModule in the global namespace and not inside some other module.