From: Sven Klemm <sven@...3d2.de>
Date: 2006-04-10T03:25:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Dumb reflection problem - create object from String

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Brian Parkinson wrote:
> Hello - I'm bashing my head against the wall - I'm sure this is a simple 
> question, but damned if I can figure it out.
> 
> If I have a String which corresponds to a class name, how do I create an 
> instance of this class?
> 
> Example:
> 
> class MyExampleClass
>     ...
> end
> 
> s = 'MyExampleClass'
> 
> # We want to instantiate a new instance of the class
> myExampleClassInstance = ???
> 
> I want the behaviour of 'MyExampleClass.new' but only using the String 
> value of s.

Have a look at Module.const_get

Module.const_get(s).new

HTH,
Sven

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