Yup I figured that out ...
but how do I do a typecast when I have the class name in a String
variable during runtime. (I do NOT know the class name to typecast).
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Nathan Meyers wrote:
> Nathan Meyers wrote:
> > SABYASACHI S GUPTA wrote:
> > >
> > > public class saby {
> > >
> > > public static void main(String args[])
> > > {
> > >
> > > String s = "myclass";
> > > Class c = new Class();
> > > try {
> > >
> > > c = Class.forName(s);
> > >
> > > Object b = c.newInstance();
> > > b.method(); // I know this is an error..so what to do?
> >
> > You need to use the reflection API. Use b.getMethod() to get a handle
> > (of type Method) for the method, then use Method.invoke() to run that
> > method.
>
> Please ignore previous dumb advice :-). You would use the Reflection
> API on c (the Class instance). You need a typecast to use b (the myclass
> instance).
>
> Nathan
>
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