Creating singleton factory

Question

  String fullName = PATH + "." + name;
  Class cl= Class.forName(fullName);
  if(name.equalsIgnoreCase("MobileSearch")){
   if(msearchType==null){
    msearchType=(SearchInterface)cl.newInstance();
   }
   return msearchType;

  }
  if(name.equalsIgnoreCase("BookSearch")){
   if(bsearchType==null){
    bsearchType=(SearchInterface)cl.newInstance();
   }
   return bsearchType;

  }

How do I get rid of the if statements here.
I am using reflection.
Please help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Are you just returning an instance of a SearchInterface? If so why not:

String fullName = PATH + "." + name;

Class cl= Class.forName(fullName);                
if(searchType==null){                                
     searchType=(SearchInterface)cl.newInstance();
}                        
return searchType;

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Use a Map:

if (!searchInstances.containsKey(name)) 
{
  searchInstances.put(
    name, 
    (SearchInterface)Class.forName(PATH + "." + name).newInstance()
  );
}

return searchInstances.get(name);