Create an instance of a class according to a string

Question

I have 12 classes in my project like this:

class class1
{

}

class class2
{

}

in another class I have a method that I want to create an instance of class1 or class2 according to a string:

public void MyMethod(string s)
{
//I want to create an instance of class1 if s=="class1" or class2 if s=="class2"
} 

How I can do this?

Answer 1

Here is a work around try this hope it will work.

First you need to pass class actual name in string, e.g if you have a class ClassA then Pass ClassA to this one it will create an instance of the class.

private object MyMethod(string className)
{
    var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

    var type = assembly.GetTypes()
    .First(t => t.Name == className);

    return Activator.CreateInstance(type);
}