Object.factory

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Reply to Sean,

> DanO wrote:
> 
>> I have found that this works quite well for non-templated classes,
>> but templated classes don't seem to behave.  I am using the
>> ClassInfo's name property to get the string, and that doesn't work.
>> 
>> <code>
>> class TDict(T)
>> {
>> T[char[]] dict;
>> }
>> char[] tInfoName = TDict!(int).classinfo.name; // returns
>> TDict!(int).TDict
>> 
>> Object o = Object.factory(tInfoName);   // returns null </code>
>> 
>> I have not tried 'Object.factory("TDict!(int)")'; it may work just
>> fine.
>> 
>> Anyone have any idea if this is supposed to work or is supported?
>> 
> Try calling:
> 
> TDict!(int).classinfo.create();
> 
> Instead.  ClassInfo also has a static find(char[]) method to perform
> lookups without going through Object.  Personally, I've never seen a
> reason to have the Obejct.factory() method, given what's in ClassInfo.
> 
> Sean
> 

pickling?

MyTreeType BuildTree(char[] name)
{
   auto parseTree = parse(std.file.read(name));

   auto ret = cast(MyTreeType)Object.create(parseTree.type);
   ret.Stuff(parseTree.data)

   return ret;
}