BasicObject
Returns a Digest subclass by name
in
a thread-safe manner even when on-demand loading is involved.
require 'digest' Digest("MD5") # => Digest::MD5 Digest(:SHA256) # => Digest::SHA256 Digest(:Foo) # => LoadError: library not found for class Digest::Foo -- digest/foo
# File digest/lib/digest.rb, line 95 def Digest(name) const = name.to_sym Digest::REQUIRE_MUTEX.synchronize { # Ignore autoload's because it is void when we have #const_missing Digest.const_missing(const) } rescue LoadError # Constants do not necessarily rely on digest/*. if Digest.const_defined?(const) Digest.const_get(const) else raise end end