DeprecatedConstantProxy transforms a constant into a deprecated one. It takes the names of an old (deprecated) constant and of a new constant (both in string form) and optionally a deprecator. The deprecator defaults to ActiveSupport::Deprecator if none is specified. The deprecated constant now returns the value of the new one.

PLANETS = %w(mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune pluto)

# (In a later update, the original implementation of `PLANETS` has been removed.)

PLANETS_POST_2006 = %w(mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune)
PLANETS = ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedConstantProxy.new('PLANETS', 'PLANETS_POST_2006')

PLANETS.map { |planet| planet.capitalize }
# => DEPRECATION WARNING: PLANETS is deprecated! Use PLANETS_POST_2006 instead.
     (Backtrace information…)
     ["Mercury", "Venus", "Earth", "Mars", "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune"]
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Class Public methods
new(*args, &block)
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb, line 124
def self.new(*args, &block)
  object = args.first

  return object unless object
  super
end
new(old_const, new_const, deprecator = ActiveSupport::Deprecation.instance, message: "#{old_const} is deprecated! Use #{new_const} instead.")
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb, line 131
def initialize(old_const, new_const, deprecator = ActiveSupport::Deprecation.instance, message: "#{old_const} is deprecated! Use #{new_const} instead.")
  require "active_support/inflector/methods"

  @old_const = old_const
  @new_const = new_const
  @deprecator = deprecator
  @message = message
end
Instance Public methods
class()

Returns the class of the new constant.

PLANETS_POST_2006 = %w(mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune)
PLANETS = ActiveSupport::Deprecation::DeprecatedConstantProxy.new('PLANETS', 'PLANETS_POST_2006')
PLANETS.class # => Array
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb, line 153
def class
  target.class
end
inspect()

Don't give a deprecation warning on inspect since test/unit and error logs rely on it for diagnostics.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/deprecation/proxy_wrappers.rb, line 144
def inspect
  target.inspect
end