On 18 October 2015 at 23:54, Timur <timurha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there anyway to call an object member using its symbol? > > For instance we have an object o, we get the symbol of a method, e.g., > toString, of our object o using clojure.reflect/reflect and and I want to > execute this method on this object through the symbol. > > For instance *(. obj sym)* throws an exception. Here symbol for instance > contains toString > > Any ideas about how I can do this? >
eval is probably the most straightforward way to achieve this: (eval `(. ~obj ~sym)) I'm uncertain of the performance of this compared to using the Java reflection API, but it's a lot easier to write. - James -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.