From: Alexander Lamb <Alexander.J.Lamb@...>
Date: 2005-10-13T22:34:03+09:00
Subject: instance from class name?

Hello,

I am new to this list (and language) but I didn't find my answer from  
the documentation available.

I simply would like to do something like:

myObject = class.fromName("a_class_name").new

I can do this in Java and Objective-C but didn't find how in Ruby.  
The idea is to have some configuration files for an activity which  
contain a class name to instantiate depending on the activity.

Many thanks (and sorry if this is an obvious question),
--
Alexander Lamb
Service d'Informatique M�dicale
H�pitaux Universitaires de Gen�ve
Alexander.J.Lamb@sim.hcuge.ch
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