On Dec 3, 6:15 am, lazy1 <miki.teb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to create a "factory" method for Java classes, however I'm
> doing something wrong.
>
> (import '(java.util Dictionary HashMap))
>
> (def *containers* { :dict Dictionary :hash HashMap})
> (defn new-container
> [type]
> (new (*containers* type)))
>
> (def d (new-container :dict))
<snip>
> What is the right way to do this?
As others have stated, you can't use new, but since you're storing
Class objects in a hashmap, you could simply call (.newInstance
(*containers* type))... of course, assuming that the Class is
instantiable.
--
Jarkko
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