CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
EmilDo
EmilDo

Reputation: 1177

Cannot instantiate class from interface

I have the following interface in the application I am building:

package sistemata;

public interface PaymentgatewayAdapter
{   
    public String postPayment(String a);
}

And the following class implements it:

public class PaypalAdapter implements PaymentgatewayAdapter
{
    public String postPayment(String a)
    {

        String payAmount;
        String transactionOutcome;
        String response;
        payAmount = a;

        Paypal_sim systemGN = new Paypal_sim();
        System.out.println("v adaptera" + a);
        //Simulerar att data skickas till externa systemet
        response = systemGN.transferSaleData(payAmount);

        if (response == "OK")
        {
            transactionOutcome = "OK";
        }
        else
        {
            transactionOutcome = "Invalid data sent to MasterCard.";
        }

        return transactionOutcome;
        //------------------------------
    }
}

There is a second, almost identical class called Payson, but it is not used. This interface is part of a ServicesFactory:

package sistemata;

public class ServicesFactory
{
    private static ServicesFactory instance;
    private PaymentgatewayAdapter paymentAdapter;

    private String className2;

    public static synchronized ServicesFactory getInstance()
    {
        instance = new ServicesFactory();
        return instance;
    }


    public PaymentgatewayAdapter getPaymentAdapter(String className2) 
    {
        this.className2 = className2;

        if (paymentAdapter == null)
        {
            try
            {
                paymentAdapter = (PaymentgatewayAdapter)
                        Class.forName(className2).newInstance();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                System.out.println("ERROR: Cannot instantiate: " +
                        className2 + ".");
                e.printStackTrace();
                System.exit(1);
            }
        }
        return paymentAdapter;  
    }
}

The method getPaymentAdapter is called in Account class, like this:

else if (paymentMethod == 0)
{
    System.out.println("The payment method is PayPal INC");
    String className = "PaypalAdapter";
    paymentAdapter = ServicesFactory.getInstance().getPaymentAdapter(className);
}

Whenever I call:

paymentAdapter = ServicesFactory.getInstance().getPaymentAdapter(className);

I get the error that is thrown in System.out.println("ERROR: Cannot instantiate:. Whatever I try, I cannot work around this and I cannot find solution. I will be thankful for some help with this code, or even suggestions to hardcode. 

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: PaymentgatewayAdapter
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at sistemata.ServicesFactory.getPaymentAdapter(ServicesFactory.java:26)
    at sistemata.Account.makePayment(Account.java:56)
    at sistemata.MainSystem.main(MainSystem.java:71)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1013

Answers (2)

Thorn G
Thorn G

Reputation: 12766

The class name you pass to Class.forName() must be a fully-qualified class name, including the package. Try using "sistema.PaypalAdapter".

Upvotes: 2

vikingsteve
vikingsteve

Reputation: 40378

Did you forget the package name from this line?

String className = "PaypalAdapter";

should it be

String className = "sistemata.x.y.z.PaypalAdapter";

Upvotes: 4

Related Questions