Software Architecture Design Patterns in Java

IV CREATIONAL PATTERNS

Creational Patterns:

• Deal with one of the most commonly performed tasks in an OO application, the creation of objects.
• Support a uniform, simple, and controlled mechanism to create objects.
• Allow the encapsulation of the details about what classes are instantiated and how these instances are created.
• Encourage the use of interfaces, which reduces coupling.

Chapter	Pattern Name	Description
10	Factory Method	When a client object does not know which class to instantiate, it can make use of the factory method to create an instance of an appropriate class from a class hierarchy or a family of related classes. The factory method may be designed as part of the client itself or in a separate class. The class that contains ...