I googled methods but couldn’t get it to work in processing.
what I’m looking for is something like.
String s="foo";
void setup(){
parent new_instance= new s;
}
class parent{
}
class foo extends parent{
}
Seems like what you might be looking for is reflections
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Re: reflection on this forum:
- Java Reflections cheatsheet for processing
- [SOLVED] Instantiating a particular class constructor using reflection
- https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/27164/string-to-class-classnotfoundexception#Item_3
@GoToLoop has spent quite a bit of time on reflection in Processing.
The Processing API uses a related technique, a string as a method name (rather than a class name) in, for example, selectFolder – internally it calls selectMethod, which uses .getMethod() to turn the text String callbackMethod argument given to selectFolder into the corresponding Processing function (Method selectMethod) for the callback.
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