From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-06-05T22:51:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating objects from strings.

Bill wrote:
> 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();


mc = Object.const_get( "MyClass" ).new

This presumes that the code already knows about the class MyClass (e.g., 
because the class is defined in the same file, or defined in a file that 
has already been read using 'require' or 'load').



BTW, I  looked at the Ruby FAQ, and this question doesn't seem to be in 
there, despite its popularity.

http://dev.rubycentral.com/faq/



James
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