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Java Design Patterns: A Hands-On Experience with Real-World Examples
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Java Design Patterns: A Hands-On Experience with Real-World Examples

by Vaskaran Sarcar
December 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
512 pages
8h 51m
English
Apress
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Vaskaran SarcarJava Design Patternshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4078-6_5

5. Abstract Factory Pattern

Vaskaran Sarcar1 
(1)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 

This chapter covers the abstract factory pattern.

GoF Definition

Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes.

Note

To better understand this pattern, I suggest that you start at Chapter 24 (simple factory pattern) and then cover Chapter 4 (factory method pattern). The simple factory pattern does not fall directly in the Gang of Four design patterns, so the discussion on that pattern is placed in Part II of this book.

Concept

This is basically a factory of factories that provides one level of higher abstraction ...

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