Scala Getting class type from string representation

Question

I have a class name string representation

val cls = Class.forName("clsName")
def fromJson[T: Manifest](me: String): T = {
Extraction.extract[T](net.liftweb.json.parse(me))
}

I would like to use it as T:manifest i.e

JsonConverter.fromJson[cls.type](stringData)

this returns an error

tried also

val t = Manifest.classType(cls)
JsonConverter.fromJson[t](stringData) // compile error

what is the best way to it ? is there a way to avoid using reflection ?

cmbaxter · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07 10:50:28Z

6

You could try something like this:

val cls = Class.forName(myClassName)
val m = Manifest.classType(cls)
val myObj:Any = JsonConverter.fromJson(stringData)(m)

One nuance to this approach is that you have to explicitly type the object as an Any. This is because you don't have the class as compile time and the call to classType is not supplied its type param so the Manifest returned is Manifest[Nothing]. Not ideal, but it works.

edited May 7, 2013 at 10:50

answered May 6, 2013 at 16:11

cmbaxter

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