autoloads.rb

gistfile1.rb

begin
  require 'term/ansicolor'
rescue LoadError
end

module Kernel

  def autoloads(lib_dir) 

    base_dir = File.expand_path File.join(Rails.root, lib_dir)
    dir_glob = File.join(base_dir, '**/')

    Dir[dir_glob].sort_by(&:length).reverse.each do |dir|

      constant_names = dir.gsub(File.dirname(base_dir), '').
                          gsub(/(^\/|\/$)/, '').
                          titlecase.
                          gsub(' ','').
                          split('/')
                        
      mod = constant_names.inject(Object) do |const, name|
        if const.const_defined?(name)
          const.const_get(name)
        else
          const.const_set(name, Module.new)
        end
      end # inject
    
      Dir[File.join dir, "*.rb"].each do |fn|
        const_name = File.basename(fn).gsub(/\.rb$/,'').titlecase.gsub(' ','').to_sym        
        # UNCOMMENT FOR DEBUG INFO:        
        # puts Term::ANSIColor.green("#{mod} -> autoload :#{const_name}, '#{fn}'") if defined?(Term::ANSIColor)
        mod.autoload const_name, fn
      end
            
    end
  end # self.load
  
end