Posted by Michael G on 09/27/77 11:22

"Jacob Atzen" <jacob@aub.dk> wrote in message
news:slrndecvlr.a1s.jacob@tank.aub.dk...
> On 2005-07-26, Michael G <mike-g@montana.com> wrote:
>> I want to use a factory pattern to create a variety of objects. Which
>> object
>> gets created depends on a string that is passed to the factory create
>> method. I would like to avoid using an if or switch construct to
>> accomplish
>> this but not sure how. For example,
>>
>> ...
>>
>> if($nextObject == "login")
>> {
>> return new Login();
>> }
>> else if($nextObject == "validatedata")
>> {
>> return new Validate(aString);
>> }
>>
>> ...
>> Is there any way to avoid this?
>
> You could do:
>
> function create($className) {
> return new $className;
> }
>
> Not sure if it's a better solution though.
>

That's not a bad idea. It would eliminate the need for an array of strings.

Thanks, Mike



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