On Apr 3, 5:53 am, JonathanBelolo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so here's the thing: > > I'd like to keep a reference to a class somewhere, and later retrieve > it to instantiate. > But references to classes don't seem to be valid arguments to the new > special function. > > For ex, > > (let [the-class java.lang.String] > (new the-class)) > > this throws an error (at least, in 1.2) : Unable to resolve classname: > the-class > > After fiddling around, I found this ugly hack : > > (let [the-class java.lang.String] > (eval `(new ~the-class))) > > Am I missing something?
Instead of storing the class, consider storing a factory function for later re-use. (def foo #(java.lang.String.)) The other technique is to instantiate the class using reflection but that may be slower. Regards, Shantanu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
