How can I design this better? (Avoiding a switch statement with Object Oriented design)

Question

I know a little bit about Object Oriented design, but I\'m not sure how to go about using those principles in my code. Here\'s what I\'m working on:

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Answer 1

You will likely want to implement the strategy pattern here. Basically, each of your possible "types" in your switch statement would become a class of its own that implements the same interface.

Applying the Strategy Pattern

You can then use a factory method that takes a "type" value as its parameter. That method would return the correct class (its return type is the interface mentioned above).