• dnspies (5/5) Apr 05 2014 Is there a way to obtain field and method names (as strings) or
• Adam D. Ruppe (7/9) Apr 05 2014 Yes, you can use __traits(allMembers) at compile time to build a

"dnspies" <dspies ualberta.ca> writes:

Is there a way to obtain field and method names (as strings) or 
assign to fields (of structs or classes) if the string is a name 
which is only known at runtime?

For instance, could I write a generic function to reconstruct any 
object of any type from a JSON object?

"Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 6 April 2014 at 02:25:32 UTC, dnspies wrote:
 For instance, could I write a generic function to reconstruct 
 any object of any type from a JSON object?

Yes, you can use __traits(allMembers) at compile time to build a 
runtime function that does the setting. .tupleof can do it too, 
which is what I used in the fromUrlParam function in my web.d 
that populates a struct from an associative array of runtime 
strings:
https://github.com/adamdruppe/misc-stuff-including-D-programming-language-web-stuff/blob/master/web.d#L2507