Posted by Michael G on 11/15/67 11:22

"Michael G" <mike-g@montana.com> wrote in message
news:42e66b59$1_2@spool9-west.superfeed.net...
>I want to use a factory pattern to create a variety of objects. Which
>object gets created depends on a string that is passed to the factory
>create method. I would like to avoid using an if or switch construct to
>accomplish this but not sure how. For example,
>
> ...
>
> if($nextObject == "login")
> {
> return new Login();
> }
> else if($nextObject == "validatedata")
> {
> return new Validate(aString);
> }
>
> ...
> Is there any way to avoid this?
>


Actually there is a way to do this but I am sure how appropriate it is.
Here is a simple of example of the concept. It does what I want but not
convinced this is the best way to do it. If it is then I could simply place
a list of strings in an array and index them with an input string.

<?php

class A
{
function A()
{
print("creating A");
}

}


$a = "A";
new $a."()";

?>

Thanks mike



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