> Are you referring to a Python object? If so you may assign a class to the > object's __class__ attribute. > class A:pass > class B:pass > b = b() > print b.__class__ # displays <class __main__.B at 0x011BB9C0> > b.__class__ = A > print b.__class__ # displays <class __main__.A at 0x011BBA20>
Interesting Bob, but presumably that doesn't change the internal state so the OP would need to run an initialise method using the XML? Or no, I suppose if he did this inside the class's init method, as the first step, it would then initialise as usual? I feel a spell at the >>> coming on... The problem is you still need to identify the class itself (not the class name) before you can do this, but I guess you might get that from either the builtins dictionary or the Building module if it has all the Building subclasses in? But it certainly does allow you to 'convert' from one class to another, much like the C++ cast operator. Alan g. Learning something new every day. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
