[Helma-user] static methods of Prototype

[Chris Zumbrunn]

On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Hannes Wallnoefer wrote:

> 2006/8/10, Anton Pirker <helma at gmiatlich.net>:
>
>> The second thing is, that i only have a string containing the name of
>> the prototype. Can i get the Prototype from the string somehow?
>>
>> Something like this:
>>
>> var s = "MyProtoName";
>> var proto = new MagicStuff(s);
>> proto.getStuff();
>
> You should be able to get the prototype constructor via
>
> global[s]
>
> (global is a reference to the global object).
>
> You should be able to invoke the constructor via
>
> new global[s]();

...and the static method via

global[s].getStuff()

Chris