[Qt-interest] Meta Object for Class Name?

[Sean Harmer]

Josiah Bryan wrote:
> Is there a way to get the meta object for a class given the class name 
> (assuming its a QObject, of course.)
>
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to construct a class just from its name, say:
>
> FooBar *foo = (FooBar*) QMetaObject::defaultConstructor("FooBar");
>
> Is that pie-in-the-sky or is that somehow possible?
>   
I think you are after QObject* QMetaObject::newInstance():

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6-snapshot/qmetaobject.html#newInstance

Have fun,

Sean

> Thanks!
> -josiah
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