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Function object.Object.factory

Create instance of class specified by the fully qualified name classname. The class must either have no constructors or have a default constructor.

static Object factory (
  string classname
);

Returns

null if failed

Example

module foo.bar;

class C
{
    this() { x = 10; }
    int x;
}

void main()
{
    auto c = cast(C)Object.factory("foo.bar.C");
    assert(c !is null && c.x == 10);
}

Authors

Walter Bright, Sean Kelly

License

Boost License 1.0.