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How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?

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Last Update: March 10, 2008 Asked by: smita

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November 10, 2006 07:06:02

#1

sathish

RE: How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?...

Use reflection API's

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November 11, 2006 06:46:33

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shiva

RE: How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?...

satish explain it, i dont understand

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December 18, 2006 07:39:58

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nagu

RE: How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?...

   Class clsObj = Class.forName("ClassName");
   Method method = clsObj.getMethod("methodName",null);
   method.invoke(clsObj.newInstance(),null);

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March 01, 2007 06:21:31

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Member Since: February 2007 Contribution: 1

RE: How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?...

we can also call the method using Introspection API, Eclipse uses this API to get the name of all the methods available in a class after we enter "." after a Class Instance or Class Name for static methods;

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March 10, 2008 05:03:11

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Member Since: February 2008 Contribution: 279

RE: How can i call a funtion,given its name as string?

Class clsObj = Class.forName("ClassName");
Method method = clsObj.getMethod("methodName",null);
method.invoke(clsObj.newInstance(),null);

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