Chapter 16: The Factory Pattern
Design patterns are reusable programming solutions that have been used in various real-world contexts and have proved to produce the expected results. In this chapter, we will learn about one of the most common design patterns: the factory design pattern. As we will see later, this pattern makes it easier to track which objects are created within a program, thus separating the code that creates an object from the code that uses it. We will study the factory design pattern's two forms: the factory method and the abstract method.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Understanding design patterns
- Implementing the factory method
- Applying the abstract factory
By the end of this chapter, we will have gained a deep understanding of the factory design pattern and its benefits via a hands-on example.
