You could try the static Type.GetType(string) (or another overload) to
get a Type instance :)
Frans
> Can reflection be used internally to create a class instance
> based on an input string containing the class name? Something
> somewhat similar to the code below however typeof takes a
> type as an argument, not a string.
>
> Activator.CreateInstance seems to require that a reference to
> the containing .dll is obtained. I'm interested in creating
> an instance of a class defined in the same assembly as the
> creator method based on an input string that matches the class name.
>
> // Some dll
> public abstract class InstanceCreator
> {
> public static InstanceCreator GetObject(string type)
> {
> return typeof(type); // return type with name corresponding
> to input string
> }
> }
>
> public class SomeClass1
> {
> }
>
> public class SomeClass2
> {
> }
>
> // end some dll
>
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