[flexcoders] Re: Dynamically convert a String to a Class?

[Justin Winter]

You would want to do something like this:

getDefinitionByName("flash.display::Sprite")

the "getDefinitionByName" function is in the "flash.utils" Package. 

Here are few good resources to check out too:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/flash/utils/package.html

http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1902564