From eb91542f26c3491b9f924edbe72ec6574b99152d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Walter Bright <walter@digitalmars.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:03:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] restored Object.factory()

---
 src/compiler/dmd/object_.d | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/compiler/dmd/object_.d b/src/compiler/dmd/object_.d
index ff69938c57..4e78220bdb 100644
--- a/src/compiler/dmd/object_.d
+++ b/src/compiler/dmd/object_.d
@@ -125,6 +125,23 @@ class Object
         void lock();
         void unlock();
     }
+
+    /******
+     * Create instance of class specified by classname.
+     * The class must either have no constructors or have
+     * a default constructor.
+     * Returns:
+     *   null if failed
+     */
+    static Object factory(string classname)
+    {
+        auto ci = ClassInfo.find(classname);
+        if (ci)
+        {
+            return ci.create();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
 
 /**