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groovy: get an instance of a class from its name as a string

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instanceFromName.groovy

def objectInstance = Class.forName("NAME.AS.STRING").newInstance()

anallely commented Apr 13, 2015

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DanDare2050 commented Jun 2, 2016

I'm assuming the name is fully qualified

jairo-henao commented Feb 19, 2020

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thamerbelfkihthamer commented Apr 16, 2020

newInstance is depricated since java V9. be careful

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