In such case you have to use `eval`, another post https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/YJNRnGXLr2I
2015-10-19 9:10 GMT+08:00 James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com>: > 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. > -- 庄晓丹 Email: killme2...@gmail.com xzhu...@avos.com Site: http://fnil.net Twitter: @killme2008 -- 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.