Every class object has a newInstance method:
user=> (Class/forName "java.util.HashMap")
java.util.HashMap
user=> (.newInstance (Class/forName "java.util.HashMap"))
#<HashMap {}>
user=>
Is that what you are looking for?
On Jan 11, 4:03 pm, Konrad Hinsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to create a new object by calling its java constructor
> given just the class object? The new form doesn't do the job, as it
> requires a symbol naming the class. But I can't find anything else on
> the Java interop page... Is this impossible?
>
> Konrad.
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