From: Bill <ruby@...>
Date: 2005-06-05T22:05:25+09:00
Subject: Creating objects from strings.

Hi,

I'm a Java programmer that is trying to learn Ruby.

I'm trying to write a container that creates objects on the fly from a 
descriptor.  In Java I'd simply do 
Class.forName("MyClass").newInstance();

Is there an easy way to do this in Ruby?  I basically want a loader 
that I can call Loader.createObject(filename, classname) where filename 
is the name of the ruby file containing the class and classname is the 
actual class.

Also, since I'll be creating more than one instance of each class, how 
do I store the class instance?

TIA.

Bill.