diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/constant_inflector.rb b/lib/puppet/util/constant_inflector.rb
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+# Created on 2008-02-12
+# Copyright Luke Kanies
+
+# A common module for converting between constants and
+# file names.
+module Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector
+    def file2constant(file)
+        file.split("/").collect { |name| name.capitalize }.join("::").gsub(/_+(.)/) { |term| $1.capitalize }
+    end
+
+    def constant2file(constant)
+        constant.to_s.gsub(/([a-z])([A-Z])/) { |term| $1 + "_" + $2 }.gsub("::", "/").downcase
+    end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/util/constant_inflector.rb b/spec/unit/util/constant_inflector.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+#  Created by Luke Kanies on 2008-02-12.
+#  Copyright (c) 2007. All rights reserved.
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
+
+require 'puppet/util/constant_inflector'
+
+describe Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector, "when converting file names to constants" do
+    before do
+        @inflector = Object.new
+        @inflector.extend(Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector)
+    end
+
+    it "should capitalize terms" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("file").should == "File"
+    end
+
+    it "should switch all '/' characters to double colons" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("file/other").should == "File::Other"
+    end
+
+    it "should remove underscores and capitalize the proceeding letter" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("file_other").should == "FileOther"
+    end
+
+    it "should correctly replace as many underscores as exist in the file name" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("two_under_scores/with_some_more_underscores").should == "TwoUnderScores::WithSomeMoreUnderscores"
+    end
+
+    it "should collapse multiple underscores" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("many___scores").should == "ManyScores"
+    end
+
+    it "should correctly handle file names deeper than two directories" do
+        @inflector.file2constant("one_two/three_four/five_six").should == "OneTwo::ThreeFour::FiveSix"
+    end
+end
+
+describe Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector, "when converting constnats to file names" do
+    before do
+        @inflector = Object.new
+        @inflector.extend(Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector)
+    end
+
+    it "should convert them to a string if necessary" do
+        @inflector.constant2file(Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector).should be_instance_of(String)
+    end
+
+    it "should accept string inputs" do
+        @inflector.constant2file("Puppet::Util::ConstantInflector").should be_instance_of(String)
+    end
+
+    it "should downcase all terms" do
+        @inflector.constant2file("Puppet").should == "puppet"
+    end
+
+    it "should convert '::' to '/'" do
+        @inflector.constant2file("Puppet::Util::Constant").should == "puppet/util/constant"
+    end
+
+    it "should convert mid-word capitalization to an underscore" do
+        @inflector.constant2file("OneTwo::ThreeFour").should == "one_two/three_four"
+    end
+
+    it "should correctly handle constants with more than two parts" do
+        @inflector.constant2file("OneTwoThree::FourFiveSixSeven").should == "one_two_three/four_five_six_seven"
+    end
+end