A spec knows where a generator was found and how to instantiate it. Metadata include the generator‘s name, its base path, and the source which yielded it (PathSource, GemPathSource, etc.)

Methods
Attributes
[R] name
[R] path
[R] source
Public Class methods
new(name, path, source)

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/spec.rb, line 9
 9:       def initialize(name, path, source)
10:         @name, @path, @source = name, path, source
11:       end
Public Instance methods
class_file()

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/spec.rb, line 24
24:       def class_file
25:         "#{path}/#{name}_generator.rb"
26:       end
class_name()

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/spec.rb, line 28
28:       def class_name
29:         "#{name.camelize}Generator"
30:       end
klass()

Look up the generator class. Require its class file, find the class in ObjectSpace, tag it with this spec, and return.

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    # File railties/lib/rails_generator/spec.rb, line 15
15:       def klass
16:         unless @klass
17:           require class_file
18:           @klass = lookup_class
19:           @klass.spec = self
20:         end
21:         @klass
22:       end