Create a new external pointer to a .NET object given the type name.

Create a new external pointer to a .NET object given the type name.

Usage

newPointerFromName(typename, ...)

Arguments

typename

type name, possibly namespace and assembly qualified type name, e.g. 'My.Namespace.MyClass,MyAssemblyName'.

...

additional method arguments passed to the object constructor via the call to .External

Value

an external pointer to a .NET object

Examples

testClassName <- getRSharpSetting("testObjectTypeName")
testPtr <- newPointerFromName(testClassName)
# Now we can create a NetObject from the pointer
testObj <- NetObject$new(testPtr)