Dynamically instance a class

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I have a setting in my database where the user specifies a tax configuration (e.g. "UK/EU") and I have several tax classes that handle these different configurations. So what is the best way to instance the proper class based on what is in this configuration parameter. I could use a simple switch statement but it seems like there should be a better way.
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