How to create an object from a string in Java (how to eval a string)?

Question

I know eval is \"evil\", but I\'m using it in a way that the user can\'t ever abuse it.

Let\'s say I\'ve got a string \"new Integer(5)\". I want to do something suc

Answer 1

I would use a scripting language like beanshell, jruby, jython, etc.