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pattern |
Abstract Factory |
abstract-factory |
/patterns/abstract-factory/ |
Creational |
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Intent: Provide an interface for creating families of related or dependent objects without specifying their concrete classes.
Applicability: Use the Abstract Factory pattern when
- a system should be independent of how its products are created, composed and represented
- a system should be configured with one of multiple families of products
- a family of related product objects is designed to be used together, and you need to enforce this constraint
- you want to provide a class library of products, and you want to reveal just their interfaces, not their implementations
Real world examples:
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