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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()
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ppazos commented Feb 11, 2024 

class Dog {

   def bark()
   {
      println 'woof'
   }
}


def name = 'Dog'

def ins = Class.forName(name).newInstance()

ins.bark()

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