IIRC this isn’t possible because there’s no Runtime to query for classnames (it’s inherently unsafe anyway).
You might want to look into a better way of doing that you’re trying to do. — Harlan > On Dec 10, 2015, at 12:42 AM, Matthew Davies via swift-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using the Swift build tool & package manager. I'm trying to figure out > how to instantiate a class from a string. For instance, in PHP I can do: > > $instance = new $className > > I can (in the iOS & OS X runtimes) use "NSClassFromString", but this is > unavailable in the Swift build tool. How can I (or can I?) get the same > functionality? > > > > Matthew Davies > Junior Developer, GeoStrategies <http://geostrategies.com/> > Director of Photography, OffBlock Films <http://offblockfilms.com/> > 209-225-3246 <tel:209-225.3246> | 209-202-3284 <tel:209-202-3284> | > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | daviesgeek.com > <https://daviesgeek.com/> > <http://facebook.com/daviesgeek> <http://us.linkedin.com/in/daviesgeek> > <http://twitter.com/daviesgeek> <http://daviesgeek.com/feed.xml> > <http://github.com/daviesgeek> > > _______________________________________________ > swift-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-users
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