Class Casting problem

Question

hi,
i�ve loaded a class at runtime and to parse it to another type, also loaded at runtime, but an error occures!
in this code i dont write the try�s and catches, they doesn�t matter in this problem
Class prototype; //source class
Class parser;    //target class
Class parsed;    //parsed class (source -> target / prototype -> parser)
prototype = Class.forName("Prototype");
parser    = Class.forName("Parser");
parsed    = (parser) prototype; //Compiler: "Class parser not found"what does it mean?
can somebody help me?
thx anyway
cu Errraddicator

Answer 1

parser    = Class.forName("Parser");
parsed    = (parser) prototype; //Compiler: "Class1st. "Parser" or "parser" ... what's the name of your class?
2nd. all your variables are of type Class. why would you want something of type Class cast into type Parser and then assign it back to a variable of class parsed?
try something like:
Class parserClass = Class.forName("Parser");
Parser parser = (Parser) parserClass.newInstance();of course this is not really THE way to construct an object if you know about the Class type beforehand....
ulrich