How to get a Kotlin KClass from a package class name string?

Question

If I have a string like \"mypackage.MyClass\", how can I get the corresponding KClass at runtime (from the JVM)?

Answer 1

You can use Java's method of getting a Class instance Class.forName and then convert it to a KClass using the .kotlin extension property. The code then looks like this:

val kClass = Class.forName("mypackage.MyClass").kotlin

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