February 2000
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
6h 31m
English
All of the Creational patterns deal with ways to create instances of objects. This is important because your program should not depend on how objects are created and arranged. In Java, of course, the simplest way to create an instance of an object is by using the new operator:
fred = new Fred(); //instance of Fred class
However, doing this really amounts to hard coding, depending on how you create the object within your program. In many cases, the exact nature of the object that is created could vary with the needs of the program. Abstracting the creation process into a special "creator" class can make your program more flexible and general. The six Creational patterns follow:
Factory Method pattern. provides a simple ...
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