Object finaltarget;
            switch (targettype) {
                case "glob":            finaltarget = new Glob(mytarget);
                                        break;
                case "list":            finaltarget = new MinionList(mytarget);
                                        break;
                case "nodegroup":       finaltarget = new NodeGroup(mytarget);
                                        break;
                default:                finaltarget = new Glob(mytarget);
                                        break;
            }