creating a grails domain class from its class name

Question

I am trying to use the Class.forName('com.mypack.MyDomain').newInstance() to create an instance of the grails domain from its qualified name. But Its throwing a ClassNotFoundException. I assume this is because the .forName('') expects the class to be a java class instead of a groovy class? How to make this work in grails, or is there another method to create the domain object from the class name in String format.

Thanks Priyank

tim_yates tim_yates · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-15T09:24:32

Another route to try would be to do:

GrailsDomainClass dc = grailsApplication.getDomainClass( 'com.mypack.MyDomain' )
def newDomainObject = dc.clazz.newInstance()

creating a grails domain class from its class name

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