From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-12-27T13:46:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Object creation with a "variable classname"

Mat Schaffer wrote:
> On Dec 26, 2006, at 6:52 PM, James Britt wrote:
>> cedric.ch wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I would to know if it is possible to do something like that:
>>> def create_object(class_name)
>>>   my_object = **class_name**.new
>>> end
>>> I tried with class.new(&class_name)
>>
>>
>>   x = Object.const_get( class_name ).new
> 
> Does that still work if there's a module mentioned in the string with 
> '::' included?  I seem to remember a discussion or maybe an eigenclass 
> blog entry that mentioned the problem.  But maybe I'm wrong.
> -Mat

Well, try it and see:


module Foo
   class Bar
     def baz
       warn 'BAZ!'
     end
   end
end

Foo::Bar.new.baz

Object.const_get( 'Foo::Bar' ).new.baz


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