Create an object knowing only the class name?

Question

I have a set of classes, each one is a different strategy to do the same work.

namespace BigCorp.SuperApp
{
    public class BaseClass { }
    public class          


        

Answer 1

(I will not be loading a type from outside this assembly/namespace)

because of the above line, it is safe to assume that you know what the namespace is. Couldn't you do something like:

Type t = Type.GetType("Namespace." + className); 
BaseClass c = Activator.CreateInstance(t) as BaseClass; 

If you expect to possibly be able to add additional strategy classes to be loaded in the future, perhaps via an additional assembly, you would need to fully qualify your class name. This is recommended anyway, since you would be able to provide enhanced extendability for your application.