Question

Its a simple question really.

class salad
class chef_salad extends salad
class ceasar_salad extends salad

So I have a variable type and I want to create the appropriate object based on type.

Apparently I can do

if(type.equals("chef"){ salad s = new chef_salad(); }

I suppose I can even make that a static method that returns a salad object, but is this really the best approach or there is a better way to do it through constructors?

ps. fictional example

Answer 1

I would do it like this:

public static Salad createSaladInstance(String type)
{
    if(type.equals("Salad")) return new Salad();
    else if(type.equals("ChefSalad")) return new ChefSalad();
    // ...
}

// ...

Salad s = createSaladInstance(type);