Thanx Alan, using a custom error exception is a nice little added touch :)
Jiri Alan MacDougall wrote:
Here is the class I use for dynamic instantiation. Note that it throws a custom exception type, you'll have to create that type yourself or alter that line of code. I copied the instantiation technique from Drew Cummins at blog.generalrelativity.org.class com.phoenixgp.common.utils.ClassLoader { /* CLASS METHODS */ /**<p>Returns a new instance of a class given the fully-qualified name of the class. The instance will be returned as an <code>Object</code>, so the caller must cast the return value to the expected type or supertype.</p> <p>Original author: Drew Cummins, blog.generalrelativity.org</p> @param classPath The fully-qualified class name, in dot notation @return A new instance of the named class, using its default constructor @throws ClassNotFoundException if the named class is not present. This may indicate an error or omission in the <code>ClassRegistry</code>.*/ public static function createInstance(classPath:String):Object { var packageList:Array = classPath.split("."); var constructor:Function = Function(_global); while (packageList.length > 0) { constructor = constructor[String(packageList.shift())]; } if (constructor == null) { throw new ClassNotFoundException(classPath); return null; } return new constructor(); } } _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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