Calling method by name.

[Robert Clipsham]

On 02/02/11 20:00, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2011-02-02 20:42, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>> On 02/02/11 17:55, %u wrote:
>>> I know is possible to create an object from its name. It's possible to
>>> call a method from that object if the name is only known at runtime?
>>>
>>> Would something like the following be possible?
>>>
>>> string classname, methodname;
>>> // Ask the user for class and method.
>>> auto obj = Object.factory(classname);
>>> invoke(methodname, obj, param1, param2);
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> As far as I'm aware there is no way to do this in any of the standard
>> libraries. This said, it is possible (at least to some extent), to do
>> some runtime reflection by parsing symbols out of the object file and
>> demangling them - this is what I'm using, but it's not as extensive as
>> what you're requesting, it's very use specific (mainly missing calling
>> methods with any number of parameters). It should be possible with some
>> work though.
>
> Another possibility would be to using __traits with some allMembers,
> collecting all the names and a delegate in a hash and store it in the
> object.

If it's possible to do this, you should, it's what I'd be using if I had 
access to it, unfortunately, there's no such love for D1.

-- 
Robert
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