Question

I have this object set:

Object A
Object AA: A
Object BB: A
Object CC: A

how do i create an object of type AA Given a string variable with “AA” in it? I’ve been looking at the Activator stuff but can’t quite figure it out.

Answer 1

You need to get the Type instance for AA, then pass it to Activator.CreateInstance.

Type myType = typeof(SomeTypeInProject).Assembly.GetType(typeName);

object instance = Activator.CreateInstance(myType);