Return different type of data from a method in java?

Question

public static void main(String args[]) {
    myMethod(); // i am calling static method from main()
 }

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public static ? myMethod(){         


        

Answer 1

I just want to put my view

So you need to create a generic Return type and implemented by different types of concret return types. The Service class can create different types of objects concrete class and return as a generic type.

public interface GenericReturnType{
    public static RETURN_TYPE enum{
        MACHINE, PERSON;    
    }
    public RETURN_TYPE getReturnType();
}

public class PersonReturnType implements GenericReturnType{
    // CONSTRUCTORS //

    // GETTRE AND SETTER //

    public RETURN_TYPE getReturnType(){
        return PERSON;
    }
    public String getAddress(){
        return something;
    }
}

public class MachineReturnType implements GenericReturnType{
    // CONSTRUCTORS //

    // GETTRE AND SETTER //

    public RETURN_TYPE getReturnType(){
        return MACHINE;
    }
    public String getManufatureName(){
        return something;
    }
}


public class TestService{
    public GenericReturnType getObject(// some input //){
        GenericReturnType obj ;
        if(// some code //){
            obj = new  PersonReturnType();
            // some code //
        }
        if(// some code //){
            obj = new  MachineReturnType();
            // some code //
        }
        return obj;
    }
}

public class TestDriver{
    TestService service = new TestService();
    GenericReturnType genObj = TestService.getObject(// some input //);
    if(genObj.getReturnType() == RETURN_TYPE.MACHINE){
        // SOME CODE // 
    }
    if(genObj.getReturnType() == RETURN_TYPE.PERSON){
        // SOME CODE // 
    }
}