# File lib/jira/base_factory.rb, line 14
    def target_class
      # Need to do a little bit of work here as Module.const_get doesn't work
      # with nested class names, i.e. JIRA::Resource::Foo.
      #
      # So create a method chain from the class components.  This code will
      # unroll to:
      #   Module.const_get('JIRA').const_get('Resource').const_get('Foo')
      #
      target_class_name = self.class.name.sub(/Factory$/, '')
      class_components = target_class_name.split('::')

      class_components.inject(Module) do |mod, const_name|
        mod.const_get(const_name)
      end
    end