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)?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34340450/how-to-get-a-kotlin-kclass-from-a-package-class-name-string

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

A more direct way may be added at some point. The issue is located here