scala - get class from a string

Question

From Scala, I\'m using a Java library that expects a class argument. Example:

def service: OAuthService  = new ServiceBuilder()
                                     


        

Answer 1

Use forName method:

scala> Class.forName("scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer")
res0: java.lang.Class[_] = class scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer