java polymorphism creating object

Question

I need to make a program that run process on text, audio and video files,

I create an interface class and three class that inherit it

public interface FileProcess{
    public void process();    
}

public class TextProcess implements FileProcess{ 
    public void process(){System.out.print("Im Text file")};
}

public class VideoProcess implements FileProcess{ 
   public void process(){System.out.print("Im Video file")};
}

public class AudioProcess implements FileProcess{ 
   public void process(){System.out.print("Im Audio file")};
}

I run test that get File from post request (for example a.jpg or 12.txt or aaa.pdf) how can I know what file process to run? in other words how can I know which object process should be created?

Your question is totally unclear , and how does this linked to polymorphism . just because your implementing the interface ? — Santhosh
– Santhosh, Commented May 19, 2015 at 7:24
header will tell you the type of file which you can use as switch case to create appropriate object using a static factory — Nitin Dandriyal
– Nitin Dandriyal, Commented May 19, 2015 at 7:26

Jordi Castilla · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-19 07:35:33Z

5

First note your methods are not correct, a " is missing:

public class VideoProcess implements FileProcess{ 
   public void process(){System.out.print("Im Video file")};
   //                                                   ^ here!
}

Either you don't have ImageProcess object...

This is a classic Factory Pattern . To achieve the correct behaviour, in this case, you can create a generic object and check the extension to create concrete instances:

FileProcess process = null;
String filename = "a.jpg";
String extension = filename(0, filename(lastIndexOf(".");

And use it to choose what kind of object create:

switch(extension) {
    // catch multiple image extensions:
    case "jpg":
    case "png":
        process = new VideoProcess();
        break;

    // catch text
    case "txt":
        process = new TextProcess();
        break;

    // catch multiple audio extensions:
    case "wav":
    case "mp3":
        process = new AudioProcess();
        break;

}

Also I would highly reccomend to use a Factory class as described in the link (STEP 3) that returns the correct object.

edited May 19, 2015 at 7:35

answered May 19, 2015 at 7:27

Jordi Castilla

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Jordi Castilla Over a year ago

nice to hear, if doubts following link or answer provided let me know, link explains really nice how to create a simple and great factory pattern easily that will make your code rock ;)

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