Interface or Class based on the Factory

Question

Hi,
I want to write a Factory pattern to decide whether the passed parameter is an interface or class ?
If an interface is passed then validate whether it is an interface using reflection and do the respective operation similarly for the class as well.
Please provide your opinion on this.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Thanks.
In the main class I am calling the below :-
mockInterface("com.test.InterfaceTest");
protected <T> T mockInterface(String className){
<T> T interfaceObject = null;
try {
Class clazz = Class.forName(className);
if (clazz.isInterface()) {
interfaceObject = EasyMock.createMock(className.getClass());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
return interfaceObject;
Here when I use EasyMock.createMock(className.getClass()) I am getting the below error :-
"Type mismatch Error saying cannot convert capture#2 of ? extends String to T"
Here createMock takes class as a parameter as shown below:-
public static <T> T createMock(Class<T> toMock)
/* 46 */ return createControl().createMock(toMock);
What I am doing wrong here? Please clarify.