How to construct JavaScript object (using 'apply')?

Question

I\'m looking for a way to construct arbitrary JavaScript objects based on (a) the name of the constructor, and (b) an array containing the arguments. I found this function (

Answer 1

I may end up with this simplified version of Mike's triangle-of-hackery:

function applyCtor2(ctor, args) {
  switch (args.length) {
    case 0: return new ctor();
    case 1: return new ctor(args[0]);
    case 2: return new ctor(args[0], args[1]);
    // add more cases if you like
  }
  var jsStr = "new ctor(args[0]";
  for (var i=1; i

I'm not using 'apply' here, but I don't miss it. ;-) Any comments?