From: Matt Mower <matt.mower@...>
Date: 2005-01-17T20:14:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating an instance from a variable

Hi Peter,

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:54:47 +0900, Peter Hickman <peter@semantico.com> wrote:
> I have a class like this:
> 
> class Builder
>     def Builder.create( klass, data )
>         return klass.new(data)
>     end
> end
> 

how about:

Class Builder
   def Builder.create( klass_sym, data )
      klass = Class.const_get( klass_sym )
      klass.new( data )
   end
end

x = Builder.create( :Fred, data )

Regards,

Matt

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